text: The Executive Office of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation held a meeting chaired by His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, President of the Federation today, Wednesday, March 16th. The list came up, the schedule was discussed for the next stage, and the report of the visit of the delegation of the Inspection Committee to Kuwait.
  After the meeting, Jassim Sultan Al-Rumaihi, Secretary-General of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation, said: “The meeting approved the final amendments to the statute of the federation and some amendments to its bylaws. It also discussed its schedule for the next stage and reviewed the report of the Kuwait Inspection Committee delegation.”
  He added: “The delegation of the inspection committee for Gulf installations (25) will visit Iraq and the city of Basra in particular next Friday and will continue until Sunday.”
  Regarding the previous visit to Kuwait, the Secretary-General stressed that the visit to Kuwait is a normal visit and according to the directives of the Executive Office and the General Assembly of the Federation, which stipulates the visit of the country that will host the tournament and the alternative country. He added, “A visit, as I said, is normal and not, as was raised about it in the media, that the 25th Gulf Cup will be transferred to Kuwait, as the goal is to ensure the readiness of the two candidates for the primary and alternative hosting according to the contexts and controls of the tournament.”
  Al-Rumaihi explained: “The final decision will be before June 30 to resolve the issue of hosting, and we hope that Iraq will host the tournament because the Iraqi street needs it, and we also hope that Kuwait will be ready in the event that Iraq is not ready to host, especially after the signing that took place with IMG, where we strive for the tournament to reach international professional standards in all aspects.”