“The FIFA President will begin his two-day stay in Russia on 19 April with a visit to Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium, venue of the opening match and final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup,” Zurich-based FIFA said in a statement.
He leaves on April 20 for Doha, where he will meet senior board members of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy and officials of the Qatari government, it added.
Swiss authorities are probing whether bribery played a role in awarding the hosting rights for the World Cup to Russia and Qatar. Both have denied wrongdoing.
(Reporting by Joshua Franklin; Editing by Michael Shields)
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