In the light of the extremely serious events that occurred yesterday evening in Paris, this morning, the President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, phoned the President of the French Olympics Committee, Dennis Masseglia, to express the closeness and solidarity of the entire Italian sporting worlds both to France and to its Olympic institutions in this intense moment of grief. During the phone call, Malagò and Masseglia agreed that sport is the only way to unite nations and overcome divisiveness. Malagò and Masseglia agreed to have a meeting on Thursday 19 November in Prague, as part of the Council of European Olympic Committees.

At the end of the phone call, President Malagò announced his invitation to all National Sport Federations, the Associated Sport Disciplines and the Organisations for the Promotion of Sport to observe a minute of silence at all sporting events that will take place in Italy during the weekend to commemorate the victims of the Paris attacks.