Tehrantimes - Iran Football Federation (IFF) and Football Association of the UAE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to intensify the development process of the sport in both the countries on Saturday.

The MoU was signed between IFF president Mehdi Taj and the President of the UAE Football Marwan Ahmad Bin Ghalita in Dubai.

The MoU calls for expansion of cooperation in the fields of beach soccer, futsal and holding football training camps.

“We had a very good meeting with the UAE football officials. We are going to help them in beach soccer and futsal as we are one of the best in Asia while they promised to provide training camps and facilities for our football teams,” Taj said.

“Mr. Ahmad Bin Ghalita follows our football closely as he congratulated us for qualifying for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.