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Qatar has been hit by an “unprecedented marketing campaign” of criticism over preparations for the soccer World Cup, its ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani stated Tuesday, calling the assaults “defamation”. “Since we gained the honour of internet hosting the World Cup, Qatar has been subjected to an unprecedented marketing campaign that no host nation has confronted,” the emir stated in a speech. FIFA awarded the World Cup to Qatar in 2010 and it has since spent tens of billions of {dollars} on preparations.
However the energy-rich Gulf state has confronted fixed scrutiny over its remedy of international employees in addition to LGBTQ and ladies’s rights.
“We initially handled the matter in good religion, and even thought-about that some criticism was optimistic and helpful, serving to us to develop facets that should be developed,” the emir advised Qatar’s legislative council.
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“However it quickly turned clear to us that the marketing campaign continues, expands and consists of defamation and double requirements, till it reached an quantity of ferocity that made many surprise, sadly, about the actual causes and motives behind this marketing campaign,” he stated.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has stated the Qatar World Cup, the primary in an Arab nation, would be the “finest ever”.
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