It became known that several countries of Asia and Africa against the Mundialya in Qatar.

According to the Swiss portal The Local, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt wish to postpone the World Cup, referring to Article 85 of the FIFA statute, which allows in an emergency to change the host country of the tournament.

A spokesman for FIFA has already issued a statement on this matter, saying that the organization did not receive such a letter. FIFA President Gianni Infantino did not comment on the situation.

Note that in early June, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE broke up diplomatic relations with Qatar.

The reason for this was the destabilization of the internal political situation in the Arab states by Qatar, as well as in the support of terrorism. Supported by the above countries and Yemen, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mauritania and the Union of the Comoros.