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# Agencies Cutting Ties with Saudi Arabia
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/agencies-cutting-ties-with-saudi-arabia/
- Published: 2018-10-13T17:30:48.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-21T18:08:31.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: PR, Agency, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:49

[**The Harbour Group**](https://www.harbourgrp.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), a public relations and communications firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., has ended its $80K per month contract with **Saudi Arabia**. The break was caused by the disappearance and alleged murder of *Washington Post* columnist [**Jamal Khashoggi**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jamal-khashoggi/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), Harbour Group managing director **Richard Mintz** told *The* *New York Times*. The Harbour Group helps foreign companies investing in the US by providing strategic communications support and managing political risk around acquisitions of US assets.

**WPP’s** [**Glover Park Group**](http://gpg.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) **and** [**BGR Government Affairs**](http://www.bgrdc.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) have also severed ties with Saudi Arabia. The Glover Park Group’s account was $150K per month and BGR Government Affairs was $80K per month as reported by Odwyers.

In an other local response to Khashoggi’s disappearance, **AOL co-founder and DC-based Chairman and CEO of Revolution** [**Steve Case**](https://www.revolution.com/team-member/steve-case/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com)decided to distance himself from Saudi Arabia and not attend the upcoming the [Future Investment Initiative](http://futureinvestmentinitiative.com/en/home?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) conference in Riyadh.