France's Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra confirmed Macron would make the journey following the country's 2-1 win over England in the quarter-finals, taking them a step closer to winning the trophy for the second consecutive time.

"The details of the trip remain to be settled, of course, but he had made this commitment," Oudéa-Castéra said on France Info Radio.

Macron's office had stated last month that he would wait for the semi-finals before travelling to the World Cup if Les Bleus reached that stage.

He has been criticised for his plans to go to the host country due to its human rights record, the criminalisation of homosexuality and the lack of women's rights.

Despite the condemnation, the two countries share a "frank, friendly, and constructive relationship," Macron claimed, as reported by Connexion France.

French-Qatari relations have been positive since 1972 when Qatar established its first foreign embassy in France.

The Qatar Sports Investments sovereign fund is also the owner of Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain following its takeover in 2011.

The purchase came shortly after Qatar was awarded the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Former UEFA President Michel Platini is said to have played a key role in Qatar ending up with the hosting rights.

Platini has admitted to having lunch with then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the current Emir of Qatar and then an International Olympic Committee member, in November 2010, less than a fortnight before the FIFA vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts.

He said he understood Sarkozy wanted him to vote for Qatar but Platini has denied that he was influenced.

His old FIFA counterpart Sepp Blatter, with whom he was cleared of corruption charges earlier this year, alleged he was told by Platini that Sarkozy had told him to change his vote from the United States to Qatar.