Qatar: The countries of the blockade asked us to give up hosting the 2022 World Cup in exchange for lifting the sanctions -- Rifat Suleiman

Qatar: The countries of the blockade asked us to give up hosting the 2022 World Cup in exchange for lifting the sanctions
Rifat Suleiman
Qatar's Attorney-General Ali bin Fattis Al-Marri said Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt had asked Qatar to abandon the organization of the 2022 World Cup in return for lifting the "siege" imposed on it.
"They asked us to abandon the World Cup to lift the siege on Qatar," Al Marri said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper ABC. "The general in charge of the UAE Police Department has repeated this. Its readiness to find a solution and lift the embargo on it, it must cancel the issue of hosting the World Cup games in 2022. "
"I do not see any other political justification that could force them to impose this siege except their sense of envy," he said. "Why do Qataris have more freedoms than in their own countries? Why are they richer, while Saudi Arabia has more wealth? Qatar's wealth Why did Qatar have the chance to organize the 2022 FIFA World Cup? "
He pointed out that he saw no signs of a breakthrough in the current Gulf crisis. "At the moment, there are no indications that these countries want dialogue and a solution to the problems."
As for the accusations made by the countries of the blockade of Qatar as a haven for radical institutions, the Qatari Attorney-General replied: "It's like a joke. Everyone knows that the three countries that accuse us are facing serious problems with extremism. With regard to the attacks of 11 September 2001, you will notice that the nationality of most of the terrorists in this operation was Saudi, while the operation was funded by Abu Dhabi, as the American Wall Street Journal confirmed at the time. Any major terrorist acts against the West. "
In response to the newspaper's question about the reluctance of the embargo countries to host groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Marri said: "Who hosted the Muslim Brotherhood in their country for the first time in a big fuss? The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was in 1970. Qatar can not be considered a slave country , We are a free country that makes its own decisions. "
"We are respecting all the resolutions of the Security Council, but we reject decisions that meet the standards or whims of a particular country," he said.
Al-Marri stressed that Qatar continues to insist that the issue should be put on the table to discuss the issue in order to find a solution to the various problems, but with no willingness or willingness for dialogue by the besieged states, it is very difficult to move forward with a settlement process.
"We are confident in the efforts of the Americans to mediate in this conflict because of the good relations that bind Washington with all the countries of the region, we should also not forget that the largest US military base in the Middle East is in Qatar," he said.
Source: ABC + East
Rifat Suleiman