<!--Article Start--> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="document jq_ColDocument jq_ShareArea"> <div class="tooltipContent"> <div class="scrollContent jq_Content jq_langdir tinyscrollbar doctooltip-y fontsize_0"> <div class="viewport"> <div class="overview"> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Security at the 2018 World Cup will be strengthened in the wake of this month's attacks in Paris, Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko promised on Tuesday.</h3> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">The vow came after Russia's 2018 World Cup local organising committee met with inspectors from FIFA.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"We discussed the problems of security in detail," Mutko, who is also the head of the 2018 World Cup organising committee, told a press conference after the meeting.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"The security plan has already been approved. Taking into consideration the situation in the world security measures will be intensified."</p> . <p style="text-align: justify">The minister said that security at the World Cup construction sites had already been toughened up.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">He added that the fan zones at the 2017 Confederation Cup and the World Cup will be at the centre of the security forces' attention.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Mutko said recommendations for security measures across Europe would be discussed shortly.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"It's very important to apply these measures not just in a single country but everywhere," Mutko said.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The November 13 attacks in Paris, which included an assault by suicide bombers outside the Stade de France during a France-Germany friendly, killed 130 people and left hundreds injured.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>By AFP</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--Article End-->