VOL. XXXV

NO. 45

10-AUGUST-1992

Syria

Tripartite Water Commission to Meet Next Month

Turkey and Syria have agreed to hold a meeting in September of the jointTurkish-Syrian-Iraqi water commission to discuss the flow of water from theTigris and Euphrates. The agreement was reached after a visit last week toDamascus by Mr. Hikmet Cetin, the Turkish Foreign Minister. The Turkish officialdismissed as a misunderstanding a statement made last month by Mr. SuleymanDemirel, the Turkish Premier, that Turkey...