Ambassador of Turkiye H E Mehmet Mustafa Goksu
Doha: Ambassador of Turkiye to Qatar H E Mehmet Mustafa Goksu affirmed that Qatar’s decision to set the date of the World Cup finals on the same day as Qatar National Day reflects the intelligence, wise management, and good planning that Qatar enjoys.
He expressed his great happiness for organising the World Cup in this dazzling manner, despite the media campaigns that targeted the tournament and tried to undermine Qatar’s ability and readiness.
In an exclusive statement to QNA, the Ambassador said that this year’s Qatar National Day carries great significance as it coincides with Doha’s harnessing of all its enormous capabilities, giant projects, and attractive ideas that dazzled the world. Qatar’s success in organising the first World Cup in the Middle East and the Arab region paves the way for other Islamic countries to hold the world championship in the future.
The world today praises the success of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as the safest edition. The number of attendees in the group stage matches reached 2.45 million fans, an average occupancy rate of up to 96 percent of the stadiums’ capacity, constituting a record exceeding the numbers of audience attendance in the previous World Cup in Russia, in which the number of attendees for the group stage reached 2.17 million fans, according to the figures announced by FIFA, he pointed out.
The Turkish Ambassador noted that Qatar today is among the most developed countries, due to its achievement in human and material investments, in addition to the national strategies directed by Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, for the country to reap its achievements and successes in various political, economic, social and sports fields, resulting from strategic plans and aspirations for the future of Qatar, to follow the path of excellence and to make Qatar’s name echo in all international forums, as a role model for growth and development.
He expressed his admiration for this year’s Qatar National Day slogan “Our Unity, Source of Our Strength,” because it is a realistic expression that reflects the reality of Qatari people since their unity will remain a source of their strength and the secret to their achievements and renaissance despite the challenges they faced. The National Day slogan reflects the originality, determination, and chivalry of the Qatari people since the establishment of the state.
Regarding the Qatari-Turkish relations, the Ambassador said that over the past two decades, the bilateral relations have witnessed great development in various fields, imperative to maintaining and strengthening this momentum with a long-term strategic vision, in light of the exceptional and distinguished relationship as a result of the great rapprochement at the level of leadership, people, commonalities, and unlimited solidarity between them in times of crisis.
