Kuwait to Soften Israel-Link Boycott
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KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait plans to ease its boycott of Western companies with economic links to Israel and will urge other Persian Gulf Arab states to do the same, the head of the customs department said Saturday.
“Our country was returned to us through God’s will and the Americans,” said Ibrahim Ghanem, who as director general of customs, is responsible for enforcing the boycott. “The least we can do is to pay back some of the favor.”
At the same time, Kuwait is reviewing tariff agreements with Arab states that sympathized with Iraq during the Gulf crisis, Ghanem said in an interview.
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