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Deceitful diplomacy

A US lobbyist in 2017 received nearly $4 million from a PR firm with apparent links to the Qatari government, in what one analyst said was an ongoing attempt by Doha to curry favour in Washington, Arab News reported yesterday. Stonington Strategies, which is run by a well-known p

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Published 10 January 2019, 8:00 · Updated 21:26

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Deceitful diplomacy

A US lobbyist in 2017 received nearly $4 million from a PR firm with apparent links to the Qatari government, in what one analyst said was an ongoing attempt by Doha to curry favour in Washington, Arab News reported yesterday.

Stonington Strategies, which is run by a well-known pro-Qatar lobbyist, received two payments for $1.95 million in late 2017 from a company called Blue Fort Public Relations, according to a Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filing in the US.

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