Qatar's 2022 World Cup organizing committee chief Hassan Al Thawadi insisted on Friday that the Gulf nation has nothing to worry about in relation to a French corruption investigation.
Former European football president Michel Platini was questioned by French anti-corruption investigators for several hours on Wednesday in relation to the 2010 award of World Cup hosting rights to gas-rich Qatar.
"From what I understood he was not arrested, he was asked for questioning and there's a very big difference between the two," Al Thawadi told reporters in Brazil, where Qatar are taking part in the Copa America as guests.
"For me there's no story there, I cannot comment because there's an investigation ongoing, but I can say that we were not contacted by the authorities.
"For us, we have always held ourselves to a high standard, we've been investigated by the Garcia Investigation, it exonerated us."
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