'The LGBTQ community can come to Qatar, but don't try to change us'

As Qatar announced a 15-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement in Germany on Tuesday with the American company ConocoPhilips, in the midst of the global energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, Minister Saad Sherida Al -Kaabi has given the dots on the “i” concerning travelers wishing to go to the Emirate, in particular Germans.

In the midst of the World Cup, relations between Qatar and Germany seem agitated.

Before the first match against Japan, lost 2-1, the eleven titular players of the Mannschaft had posed for the official photo with their hands in front of their mouths, mimicking a gag against the ban on demonstrating in favor of diversity.

A gesture clearly turned against Fifa.

In the gallery, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wore the “One Love” armband, alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

And German Economic Affairs Minister Robert Habeck's statement that hosting the World Cup in Qatar "

" was not well received.

Even less the part where the minister returned to "

”.

For his part, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi stressed that nothing will change.

“

,” the minister of state for energy affairs said of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, in remarks published by

on Wednesday. .

"

,” he added.

As a reminder in Qatar, homosexuality is punishable by law.

The consequences are prison or even the death penalty.