"The reform committee proposed a list of changes and the executive committee supported it," Mutko told R-Sport by telephone.
Earlier on Thursday, the FIFA reform committee presented the reform package to the organization’s executive committee in Zurich.
"Now [these reforms] will be presented to the Congress in February. In my opinion, today’s list of reforms coincide with all of the challenges before FIFA. If the Congress supports them, I think FIFA will regain its trust. These include [reforms of] the structure, management, transparency, budget divisions, tournaments, and so on," Mutko added.
The reforms are aimed at strengthening the member associations’ financial governance and management amid a corruption scandal involving nine of FIFA high-ranking officials. In May, they were arrested on a US federal corruption warrant.
Although FIFA President Joseph Blatter was not charged alongside other executives of the organization, he resigned on June 2, four days after he being elected for a fifth term as president.
Earlier in the day, Swiss police arrested at least two FIFA officials suspected of accepting bribes in Zurich.
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