Saudi Arabia bolstered spending at Qorvis to $3.2M during the six-month period ended March 31 as the Kingdom adopted a more aggressive response to the upheaval in the Middle East.
The MSL unit, which received $500K from the Saudis in the year ago period, supported Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen ("Operation Decisive Storm") and its backing of Syrian rebels seeking the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.
Saudi Arabia transitioned from Operation Decisive Storm to "Operation Renewal of Hope" on April 21, a shift capped by a May 7 announcement of five-day cease-fire to facilitate shipments of humanitarian aid to Yemen.
Secretary John Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir (pictured) unveiled the agreement at a joint press conference in Riyadh.
The two diplomats also discussed the joint battle against ISIS, Iran's nuclear program and the Camp David summit between the US and Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that King Salman is going to skip Obama's summit this week due to its scheduling overlap with the cease-fire.
King Hamad of of Bahrain, which is the base of U.S. Fifth Fleet, is also snubbing the summit.
Bahrain, a satellite of Saudi Arabia, is another Qorvis client. It spend $280K at Qorvis during the period.
Qorvis has been Saudi Arabia's "go-to" US PR firm since the days following the 9/11 terror attacks.
Impact Management Group, which is headed by Republican operative Terry Benham, works to build US support for Ukraine.
Rational 360 has ironed out its six-month $1.2M contract with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to position it as a “sophisticated global investment fund.”
APCO has signed on to promote this month’s visit of Ahmed Al Khateeb, head of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism, to the US.
The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism has signed on Montieth & Co. for strategic communications and media relations duties as chaos grips neighboring Haiti.
Edelman is negotiating a formal contract with the Bahamas for strategic communications on issues impacting its reputation abroad.
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