Identifier
Created
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09DOHA680
2009-11-23 10:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Doha
Cable title:  

QATAR: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED

Tags:  ECON ETRD KBCT QA 
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PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDH RUEHKUK RUEHROV
DE RUEHDO #0680 3271026
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 231026Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY DOHA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9524
INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS DOHA 000680 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KBCT QA
SUBJECT: QATAR: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED

REF: STATE 120272

UNCLAS DOHA 000680

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KBCT QA
SUBJECT: QATAR: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED

REF: STATE 120272


1. Qatar does not have any Arab League boycott laws on the
books, maintain an Arab League boycott office, or enforce any
of the three forms of the boycott. However, the GOQ will
usually send an observer from its embassy in Damascus to the
Central Boycott Office meetings.


2. Some government tender documents continue to contain
outdated boycott language, but a decree from the Minister of
Finance to make the language current is highly unlikely
absent serious and tangible actions by Israel in Qatar's eyes
toward peace with the Palestinians.


3. In FY09, the GOQ expelled Israeli diplomats working at the
Israeli Trade Office following Israel's December/January
military operations in Gaza. Given the prevailing political
atmosphere, Embassy Doha did not raise the objectionable
language on some tender documents with the Minister of
Finance last fiscal year.

LeBaron