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Indonesia’s Jokowi says FIFA offered help after stadium disaster

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (centre) and Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) chief Mochamad Iriawan (right) visit the Kanjuruhan stadium on October 5, 2022 [AFP]

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that world football’s governing body FIFA had offered to assist Indonesia address problems in the sport, just days after the deaths of 131 people following a stampede at a football stadium in the country’s East Java province.

The president, commonly known as Jokowi, said on Wednesday that he had spoken by phone with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who had offered his support.

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