Lebanese minister: World Cup is Arab message of peace to the world
Minister of Youth and Sports in the Lebanese caretaker government George Kallas has praised the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the technical and logistical measures taken by Qatar, and the unprecedented security and administrative organisation internationally in sports; considering this Qatari success a message of peace from the Arabs to the world.
Kallas stressed in an exclusive interview with Qatar News Agency (QNA) that Qatar has distinctively succeeded in hosting this international sporting event, held for the first time in the region, an event covered by all major international media outlets across all the corners of the world.
Kallas added that he had the honour of visiting Qatar as part of an official delegation headed by, Prime Minister of the Lebanese caretaker government Najib Mikati, and Minister of Tourism engineer Walid Nassar, to participate in the World Cup opening ceremony.
Kallas said that Qatar has succeeded in being the first Arab country to host the World Cup and dazzling the world, not only by organising the matches, but also the remarkable festivals and artistic events.
He stressed that Qatar has already proven via the opening ceremony and the great World Cup preparations that it is well able to organise this exceptional event, making it a civilisational gathering that carries a call for peace through sports, and through the politics of building bridges amongst generations, cultures and civilisations, adding that as such, Qatar has proven to the world that Sport is capable of bringing peoples together much more than all political and international summits.
Kallas said that Qatar’s hosting of this World Cup in the name of all Arabs is a token of peace and civility, despite all that the Arab world is going through and suffering, stressing that by Qatar and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC)’s hosting of the World Cup, they are conveying a message to the world that Arab countries and societies are capable of establishing peace, and building bridges of convergence for sincere dialogue amongst peoples, as well as achieving civilisational accomplishments through sports.