Qatar summons German ambassador after interior minister’s remarks about hosting World Cup

WORLD, Oct. 28 (YPA) – Qatar’s foreign ministry summoned on Friday the German ambassador and handed him a protest memorandum over interior minister Nancy Faeser’s comments regarding Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 football World Cup.

In a brief statement, the ministry said that it had summoned German Ambassador Claudius Fischbach and handed him a protest memorandum over interior minister Nancy Faeser’s Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The minister criticized Qatar’s human rights record during an interview with a local broadcaster.

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