Qatar defended its decision to gift a Boeing Co. 747 jumbo jet to the US as a routine transaction between partners, calling criticism of the deal a misguided view of the country as an Arab state trying to gain political influence.
“I don’t know why people consider it as bribery or Qatar trying to buy influence with this administration,” Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said on Tuesday during a panel at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha. “We need to overcome this stereotype.”
WATCH: Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani says the offer of a gift a 747 jet to the US government is a “normal thing that happens between allies.” Source: Bloomberg
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