VOL. XXXIII

NO. 17

29-JANUARY-1990

General

Rising Oil Demand Strengthens Arab Power, Says Arafat

The West's increasing reliance on Arab oil in the nineties will give theArabs a bigger say in world politics, according to Mr. Yasir 'Arafat, thePalestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman. In a statement to the OmaniNews Agency on 21 January, he said: "After 1992, the West's need for Araboil will become greater than any time in the past because of depleting wells inthe US and declining output...