Qatar summons German ambassador over World Cup criticism
Qatar, which will be the first Middle East country to host the World Cup, has been criticized by Germany for its human rights record.
Qatar summoned the German ambassador today over comments a German official made about the Gulf state.
What happened: Yesterday, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser criticized the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, specifically mentioning the human rights situation in the country. Faeser’s remarks were widely reported in the German media.
Today, Qatar summoned the German ambassador in response to Faeser’s comments and handed him a memo.
“The memo expressed the State of Qatar’s complete rejection of those remarks made towards a country whose hosting of the World Cup was justice done to a region suffering from an unjust stereotype for decades,” read a statement from the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
