VOL. XXXIII

NO. 50

17-SEPTEMBER-1990

Iraq

Cuba and Rumania Buying Iraqi Oil, Says State Department Report

Cuba and Rumania are buying Iraqi crude oil in contravention of the UNSecurity Council resolutions, according to a US State Department report releasedlast week. The report said that Rumania expects to receive the oil indirectlyfrom Iraq, while "Cuba has taken delivery of Iraqi oil."

However, Rumania denied on 11 September that it was buying Iraqi oil. Acommunique issued by the Foreign Ministry...