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The Arab Emirates has extended its public diplomacy and communications program at The Harbour Group for another two years.
Fees and expenses for the effort are capped at $10M, making it one of the richest US PR campaigns bankrolled by a foreign government.
The extension kicked off Jan. 1.
THG will support the UAE’s DC embassy in the development of a communications program “to sustain and enhance public awareness and understanding of the UAE among US policymakers and opinion leaders.”
It also will support the PR of UAE consulates in New York, Boston, Houston and Los Angeles.
Richard Mintz, THG managing director and former PA global chair at Burson-Marsteller, handles the UAE business.
Saudi Arabia, a close ally of the UAE, also works with THG. Both nations are involved in military action in Yemen.
Saudi Arabia has an $80K per-month contract with THG for strategic communications counsel and support on general foreign policy matters and US-Saudi relations.
That one-year agreement began May 1, 2017.
WPP's Ogilvy Group unit handles PR for Saudi Arabia’s CEER Motors and its flagship Exobot electric sedan and SUV vehicles.
Squire Patton Boggs has signed on to provide lobbying services to embattled Yemen.
GlobalPoint International has signed on to position Sudan’s Democratic Civilian Forces group as the best option to restore stability and prosperity in the war-torn country.
A Qorvis unit is providing strategic communications and related services to the embattled Republic of Yemen under a $550K five-month pact.
Donald Trump political ally Roger Stone has signed on to provide public affairs counsel to the Government of Haiti.
