President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with several world leaders at a reception held at the Al Bayt Stadium in Doha, Qatar's capital, at the invitation of the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, in conjunction with the opening of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in Qatar.
President Erdoğan met and conversed with Head of State Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai, Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino.