Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani told Sky News, those criticising the World Cup host nation are 'arrogant'.
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They feel that they have absorbed the criticism for years, but now, two weeks out from the World Cup kick off, believe it is time to focus on the football. By extension, they point to where the criticism has generally come from - European players in particular - and where it hasn't been so rife - the US, South America, Asia, Africa.
Qatar's foreign minister claimed the criticism amounted to a"campaign" against Qatar, but stopped short of describing it as racism.
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