VOL. XXXIV

NO. 28

15-APRIL-1991

General

Calls for Producer/Consumer Dialogue Continue

Calls urging cooperation between oil-producing and oil-consuming countriesthrough the establishment of a formal dialogue or the convening of a specialconference continue to be heard, despite opposition from some members of theInternational Energy Agency (IEA), notably the United States.

France, however, appears to favor producer/consumer cooperation. During ameeting in Caracas on 20 March between the French...