Qatar has faced a lot of unfair criticism over its hosting of soccer's World Cup that was not based on facts but it has responded to any fair criticism, Qatar 2022 Chief Executive Nasser Al Khater said on Thursday.
Khater, speaking during the first news conference organizers have held in months, said that 70 days prior to the tournament's kickoff, sports and transport infrastructure in the tiny desert country were complete and remaining work was "aesthetic."
The decision to have the World Cup in Qatar, the first Middle East country to host the event, has drawn criticism from human rights groups over the Gulf state's treatment of foreign migrant workers and restrictive social laws, under which homosexuality and sex outside of marriage are outlawed.