The following is a translation of a Qatari document in Arabic that was leaked as part of Project Raven.[1] The leaked document reportedly reveals that, in 2009, then-Qatari emir Hamad bin Khalifa Aal Thani ordered to pay a sum of six million euros to Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of then-French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The payment, according to the document, was made by the head of the head of Qatar's Accountant General's Office and the State Treasury via the office of Sheikha Moza, the wife of the then emir and the mother of the current one.
Ministry of Economy and Finance
The Minister's Office
Date: November 6, 2009
Grant by the Emir
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To: Mr. Ahmad Ali Boukshisha
Head of the Accountant General's Office and the State Treasury
Greetings,
In accordance with the honorable instructions of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Aal Thani, the dear Emir of the State [of Qatar], in letter no. (DA. 209-816), please pay a sum of 6 million euros to Mrs. Carla Bruni-Sarkozi from our account in Qatar National Bank, under the [budget] item of grant by the Emir, and deliver it urgently, in cash, to Dr. Abdullah Hussain Al-Kubaisi, Director General of the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Misnad.
Respectfully,
Yousuf Hussein Kamal
Minister of Economy and Finance
Photo of the leaked document
[1] Project Raven was a confidential initiative to help the UAE surveil other governments, militants, and human rights activists (Wikipedia.org/wiki/DarkMatter_Group). See MEMRI Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1734 - 'Project Raven' – The Origin Of The Qatari Government Letters Leak – December 22, 2023; MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10966, Documents Reportedly Reveal 2010 Agreement Between Then-French President Sarkozy And Then-Qatari Crown Prince Tamim Bin Hamad, In Which Qatar Pledged To Pay Sarkozy 300 Million Euros, November 20, 2023; MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10973, The Raven Project Leaks: Alleged Qatari Support Of 3 Million Euros For Human Rights Watch, November 21, 2023; MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10978, The Raven Project Leaks: Former South African President Reportedly Received $2 Million For Thabo Mbeki Institute, November 22, 2023; Special Dispatch No. 10986, The Raven Project Leaks: $15 Million Reportedly Paid To Islamist Movements In Northern Mali And The Sahel, November 29, 2023; Special Dispatch No. 10988 - The Raven Project Leaks: Qatar Reportedly Paid $10 Million To Lebanese Politician Walid Jumblatt In 2018 - November 29, 2023.
