"A lot was discussed at the meeting and at one stage the FAI asked if Ireland could be accommodated into the World Cup 2010, " read the statement.
"Not only did he express his determination to be behind this bid, but also his determination to be behind the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, " said Blatter.
Peter Fuhri, director of the World Cup 2010 unit in health department, said that South Africa will meet its commitments to FIFA and leave a legacy behind after the competitions.
England are without a victory at World Cup 2010 after drawing 1-1 with the United States in their opening game before being held to a goalless draw by Algeria on Friday.
In July, Spain made history by becoming the first international team in the history of the sport to win three consecutive major trophies: Euro 2008, World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012.
The 2010 World Cup organisers also revealed that South Africans will get cheap tickets to watch the 2010 World Cup on home soil.
But they avoided the early exit after group play they experienced in the World Cup in 2010.
That is because those continents will have hosted the World Cup in 2010 (South Africa) and 2014 (Brazil).
Mandela has become increasingly frail over the years, and has not appeared in public since South Africa hosted the World Cup in 2010.
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Mandela, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has become increasingly frail over the years and has not appeared in public since South Africa hosted the World Cup in 2010.
"We are viewing the next two years as being critical, " he said but denied reports that the power cuts could hit South Africa's hosting of the football World Cup in 2010.
Elsewhere, the president of the South African Football Association (SAFA) and four other officials were suspended this week as part of an investigation into match-fixing ahead of the country hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010.
Elsewhere, the president of the South African Football Association (SAFA) and four other officials were suspended in December as part of an investigation into match-fixing ahead of the country hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010.
If Egypt also wins the bid to stage the World Cup in 2010, most of their youth players now - if maintained and able to produce consistent form - could form the backbone of the side for those finals.
Football's world governing body has awarded Africa the 2010 World Cup finals and will select the African host on 15 May 2004 in Zurich, the Swiss city where Fifa headquarters are based.
The African qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup are to be combined with the preliminaries for the 2010 African Nations Cup finals.
But when the two teams faced each other in the World Cup final in 2010, the Dutch played like thugs and still lost.
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Simba were originally beaten by TP Mazembe, the side which lost 2-0 to Inter in the final of the Fifa World Club Cup in 2010.
Animal Kingdom, the 2011 Derby winner, and two-time Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic winner Royal Delta, along with Dullahan, will attempt to give American-based horses their first World Cup win since 2010, when the track was changed from dirt to a synthetic surface.
And Davies was one of the senior Welsh players criticised following Wales' disappointing World Cup qualifying defeat to an average Finland side in Cardiff in March last year, a loss that made 2010 World Cup qualification virtually impossible.
Irina Bokova was addressing African heads of state, donor representatives and 1Goal ambassadors at the 2010 World Cup Education Summit convened by President Zuma of South Africa a few hours before the final game on 11 July 2010.
England have already qualified for the 2010 World Cup, winning all eight of their group matches.
The 2010 World Cup is due to kick off in South Africa on 11 June.
The qualifying draw for the 2010 World Cup will take place in Durban on Sunday.
Mandela has not appeared in public since the 2010 World Cup hosted in his country.
England went 9-1 during 2010 World Cup qualifying and led the continent in scoring.
Despite stadium construction and safety concerns, the 2010 World Cup is seen largely as a success.
South Africa will host the 2010 World Cup and the 2014 event will be in Brazil.
Mandela has not made a public appearance since the 2010 World Cup hosted in his country.
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