VOL. XXXV

NO. 26

30-MARCH-1992

Resumption of Iraqi Oil Sales Still Faces Stiff Political Hurdles

Whatever the final result of the technical oil talks between UN Secretariatand Iraqi teams in Vienna (still in progress at MEES press time on Friday), itis clear that no actual resumption of Iraqi oil exports will be possible in thenear term unless a number of difficult hurdles can be surmounted at toppolitical levels in New York and Baghdad. These include:

- The extent to which Iraq will be prepared...