FIFA President Gianni Infantino met Rovshan Najaf, the President of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA), at the FIFA office in Paris, praising the federation's progress and reaffirming FIFA's commitment to supporting Azerbaijani football.

Infantino highlighted how AFFA has made effective use of the FIFA Forward programme, pointing to two concrete results: the introduction of video assistant referees in domestic competition and the construction of the Turan Tovuz Football Academy.