Qatar’s foreign minister accused Germany of “double standards” over its criticism of the human rights situation in the host country of the World Cup and defended in a press interview released on Monday against Doha’s summons of the German ambassador in protest.
Last month, Qatar’s foreign ministry summoned the German ambassador over comments by Interior Minister Nancy Wieser that the country’s human rights situation should be taken into account when deciding whether a country will host the World Cup.
“On the one hand, the German people have been misled by government policies. On the other hand, the (Germany) government has no problem with us when it comes to partnerships or investments,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said in an interview with the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in the field of energy”. He added: “We are outraged by the double standards”, noting that Qatar has faced a systematic campaign against it in the 12 years since it was chosen to host the World Cup, a campaign that no other eligible country has undertaken. running this tournament. faced. He told the newspaper: “It’s funny that this chord is played in European countries that call themselves liberal democracies. Frankly, this behavior is arrogant and racist.” Sheikh Mohammed called calls for security guarantees for minorities, which Weser requested as a precondition before they agreed to take part in the World Cup, unnecessary and said German politicians should pay more attention to hate crimes occurring within their country’s borders. .
