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FIFA President Sepp Blatter has denied it is FIFA's responsibility to ensure the welfare of World Cup construction workers' in Qatar.

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SOUNDBITE Sepp Blatter, FIFA president (on the conditions of workers in Qatar as they prepare for the 2022 World Cup)

"In Qatar, they are working. Big companies from Germany, from France, from England, from other European countries and they are responsible for the welfare of their workers and not FIFA. They are responsible... or, in addition, the conditions, they stop at Qatar and not we. But, because the World Cup is on and because there is a lot of movement, the workers we have now, thanks to the World Cup, they will have conditions, not only in Qatar, but all over the Arabic countries, where they have the same system, which will be abandoned in all the countries, so FIFA is a precursor, FIFA gives now the incentive that workers in all these Arab countries are in better conditions, but in no way can FIFA accept to be responsible for the welfare of the workers... they belong to commercial and industry and companies of all the countries. We couldn't do that."