(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 31 – Qatar “has made progress” in the field of human rights and has done “exemplary” work. Gianni Infantino said this, speaking at the 72nd Congress of FIFA. “Of course not everything is perfect, of course it is not heaven, but no country is heaven. If we look back, all the changes that have taken place on human rights and workers’ rights would not have happened so quickly if the World Cup had not been organized. . Is there a lack of football tradition? The ball belongs to everyone and it is right to go anywhere “, underlined the president of FIFA.
Qatar has abolished the ‘kafala’ since 2016, i.e. the system that makes employees almost the property of the employer, and introduced a minimum hourly wage (of $ 1.30) in 2020.
The emirate has done more than any other country in the region, authorities say.
Speaking of the war in Ukraine, Infantino urged “dialogue” and recalled that FIFA has excluded the Russian selection from the race for the 2022 World Cup, calling it a “not easy” decision. Some, such as the Ukrainian ambassador to Qatar, Andrii Kuzmenko, present at the congress, asked to go further, excluding the Russian Federation from FIFA. But the Russian Alexey Sorokin, questioned on the subject, replied: “What does Russian football have to do with it? What has Russian football got to do with it?”. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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