The Arab League boycott against the Coca-Cola Corporation for relations with Israel will not be implemented for nine months to avoid economic losses to Arab business, it was reported here today from Cairo. Arabs in 12 countries will therefore be able to continue buying the soft drink at least through next summer.
The Cairo press also reported from Kuwait, where the Arab League boycott committee blacklisted the soft drink firm, Ford Motor Company and Radio Corporation of America, that a similar grace period would be applied to Ford and RCA operations in the Arab countries for the same reason.
The boycott committee agreed to allow Arab plants to continue to bottle and sell the soft drink from existing stocks of imported Coca-Cola concentrates for the nine-month period. Boycott committee decisions are not binding on the participating nations which have the option to decide on implementing such decisions. The participating nations are Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Egypt and Yemen.
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