FIFA president Gianni Infantino say he does not believe the diplomatic crisis embroiling 2022 World Cup football host Qatar will threaten its staging of the tournament.
His remarks come as Qatar says it is ready to listen to the concerns of the Gulf states that cut diplomatic and economic ties over alleged terrorism and national-security concerns.
Kuwait is now among several countries that have offered to mediate in what is seen as the worst regional crisis in years.
The crisis is threatening to tear many families apart.
Ramadan for the Al-Yazeedi family in the Qatari capital Doha is a time to be together.
But for Dr Wafaa Al-Yazeedi, a Qatari national and single mother, it has been overshadowed.
"I am in a risk of losing my children, what I believe is my dream all my life, to raise them around me until they get married from around me and to be happy all the day. Now, I may lose my children any minute."
Her two children are Bahraini citizens, having taken the citizenship of their father.
And since the crisis facing the tiny Gulf state began, they have faced the threat of being separated.
Qatari government statistics show nearly 6,500 citizens are married to citizens of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia or Bahrain.
Last week, those countries and some of their allies cut their ties with Qatar, accusing it of backing terrorism.
Punitive measures included blocking air, sea and land routes and ordering Qataris out of their countries within 14 days.
Their citizens were also ordered out of Qatar.
That puts Dr Al-Yazeedi's grown-up daughter, Al-Anoud Al-Jalahma, in a dilemma.
"Now, after 21 years, to decide to pull us apart based on the passport that we have! I mean, families are beyond passports. It makes no sense to separate them based on what your passport is. I mean, at the end, we're all humans, aren't we?"
Qatar now says nationals of countries that cut diplomatic ties are free to remain.
It is critical of an apparent hotline set up by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to help mixed Qatari families affected by imminent deportation.
For Amna Al Shahwani, a Qatari citizen studying in the UAE, the future is uncertain.
"Because I study under a French curriculum, this will obstruct me from starting in another university, because the courses won't carry over, they're not the same. The French curriculum is different from the American and British ones. Let's say I apply to study at Qatar University. None of my credits will carry over, because they don't have any of the courses I took. This is going to be a setback for me and put my future into the unknown."
Meanwhile, Qatar's Committee for Human Rights says it will bring complaints from Qatari citizens to international courts.
Committee chairman Ali bin Smaikh al-Marri says there are many rights violations.
"Imagine you owned a house, it's yours, and then you're told you have to get out of your own house. Wouldn't that cause you a lot of damages? You would lose your home, lose your company, lose your business. Some Qatari citizens who work in the UAE own property, they have businesses. How can you strip this citizen from his right to own property or do his job? There are a lot of rights violations and immense damages caused."
Turkey has reaffirmed its backing for Qatar in the dispute with the other Gulf nations, saying it rejects accusations that Qatar supports extremist groups.
And over the weekend, United States secretary of state Rex Tillerson called for an easing of the blockade, saying it is hurting business and hindering the US campaign against IS.
A researcher at the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies in Doha, Havas Takiye, says the crisis is a problem for the rest of the world.
"The global energy market is closely linked with countries in the region. For one, any regional tension or out-of-control situation would affect the global energy market and economy, a scenario the international powers would not allow to happen. So the international community will step in and stop it from escalating. For the other, Qatar is one of the members of the anti-terrorism fight, and the United States has a military base and command centre in the country. So the United States will not allow any worsening of the tensions since it now prioritises the fighting against extremist organisations."
