The Israeli newspaper "Jerusalem Post" reported today, Wednesday, quoting a security contractor who says he worked for foreign intelligence services, that the Qatari ambassador to Belgium provided assistance to a German public relations agency in a complicated cover-up case in order to hide the Gulf state's funding for Hezbollah.
The newspaper quoted the contractor known to the German press as “Jason C.,” saying in an exclusive interview that “the Ambassador of Doha to Brussels, Abd al-Rahman bin Muhammad Suleiman al-Khulaifi, sought to negotiate an agreement whereby he paid 750 thousand euros to him, in order to remain silent on Qatar's role in financing Hezbollah. "
"I never intended to get the money," said Jason, who says he uses a pseudonym "to avoid a Qatari revenge." The goal has always been to get to know Hezbollah financiers in Qatar, and which Qataris are giving them protection. "
The contractor had told the German press this week that it had prepared a file on the alleged support that Qatar provided to Hezbollah.
Two German newspapers reported this month that a senior Qatari official in Belgium who had been in contact with Michael Encker, CEO of WMP Public Relations, was the main representative between Qatar and Jason in efforts to hide Qatar's alleged financial support for Hezbollah. Anker denied, according to the newspaper, his involvement in any attempt to cover up the alleged Qatari support for the Shiite party.
But the Jerusalem Post revealed that she had seen the file prepared by Jason, and had recorded a conversation between him and Anker during which the Qatari ambassador had been referred to several times.
Jason also revealed to the newspaper that he had met Anker through an intermediary, noting that the latter was under the "radar of the Western intelligence community," because of his company's earlier work for Qatar.
The newspaper confirmed that its research on the subject confirmed that Al-Khulaifi was present alongside Anker, in Arab-German business activities, while he was the ambassador of his country in Berlin. Al-Khulaifi held his position in Germany between 2009 and 2016, according to the Jerusalem Post.
The German newspaper "Die Zeit" had reported that "in the beginning of 2019, Anker, Jason and the Qatari diplomat held a food meeting to discuss the details of" the 750,000 dollar deal to secure Jason's silence.
The Jerusalem Post said it had not received a response to its request for comment from the Qatari government and the Doha embassies in Brussels, Washington, and Berlin.