The IFAB is made up of the representatives of the four British home associations - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - and world football's governing body.

Infantino, who attended the meeting, said he was confident video technology could be incorporated into the 2018 World Cup following a largely successful trial at December's Club World Cup in Japan.

The IFAB agreed to live trials of the VAR system last year and it was used during friendly matches between Italy and France in September and Germany and Italy in November.

"It is realistic [for the World Cup] because of the experiences we had at the Club World Cup in Japan in December," the FIFA President said.

"The signs are encouraging. 

"The little hiccups we have seen are to do with the training of the referees.

"For the top referees it is not a big change and they have learned very quickly. 

"I'm very confident about it.

"Using VAR would not allow perfection in decisions but there are no negatives. 

"Whenever it's used you know the right decision will be taken."

The system could also be tested in next season's FA Cup, England's premier domestic cup competition, from the third round onwards.

"FIFA were nervous about it for a number of years," FA chief executive Martin Glenn, who chaired the meeting, said.

"But the evidence of the testing is really encouraging. 

"I would expect to see video assistant referees from the FA Cup third round next season.

"It's not the technology that's the issue. 

"It's behavioural, we don't want to become like American football - we want to keep the fluidity of football."

Changes to the penalty shoot-out system were also proposed during today's meeting.

The IFAB are pursuing whether to change the current format to a tennis tie-break system, where the first team would take one spot kick and the next side would take the following two.

It comes amid claims the team who takes the first penalty has a "clear advantage".

Proposals to introduce sin-bins and rolling substitutions at lower levels of the game in Britain, as well as disability and youth football, were approved and they are set to come into force in June.

A strategy to improve the behaviour of players was also discussed, which could see football mirror rugby, where only the captain of the team is allowed to speak directly to the referee concerning "major incidents", such as penalties and red cards.

It is thought this would help curb some of the unsavoury scenes in football worldwide, where teams frequently gather around the referee to protest against decisions.

Methods to tackle time wasting were also on the agenda in response to "continuing fan concern around this particular issue".