Saudi Arabia agrees to end Boycott of Israel in Order to be admitted to World Trade Organization 

November 13, 2005
The Media Line
Original Source: http://www.themedialine.org/news/


Saudi Arabia will end its economic boycott of Israel and become the 149th member of the World Trade Organization. Saudi admission to the WTO was assured on Friday in a special session of the organization’s general council. To gain admission, the Saudi’s agreed to “cancel all economic boycotts and pledged not to resort to any future discriminatory trade measures against Israel.” Bahrain recently ended its participation in the decades-old boycott in order to meet American requirements for a free-trade agreement. Israel’s WTO representative was quoted as saying he hoped the move “opens the door to a better future” in the region.