A senior FIFA runescape 2007 gold figure says the world football body is not responsible for labour issues in Qatar following cricitisms of the country's treatment of labourers in the lead-up to the 2022 World Cup.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, FIFA's secretary-general, Jerome Valcke, said that while FIFA was supporting talks between Qatar and some unions, it could not be held responsible for issues that were not under FIFA's umbrella.
"FIFA is not a United Nations. FIFA is about sport," Valcke said.
"We can't tell a country what should be their foreign policy. That's not our role. It's unfair if we get pressure from the rest of the world saying 'hey FIFA, that's what's happening in that country and you have to change the way the country behaves.
"We can tell the country it goes against FIFA's rules, it goes against FIFA's ethics codes. It goes against FIFA''s principle. And we can help and change. But we cannot be seen as responsible www.rsore.com for what's happening in different countries."
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