VOL. XXXII

NO. 12/13

26-DEC-1988/2 JAN1989

NO DISAGREEMENT IN GCC OVER OIL

Despite extensive media reports of a row over the UAE quota issue at ameeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Oil Ministers in Bahrain on 19December prior to the GCC Summit, MEES is informed by authoritative GCCsources that in fact no such confrontation ever took place.

It appears that the Oil Ministers of the six GCC countries - Saudi Arabia,Kuwait, the UAE, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar - held a brief meeting on 19 Decemberin...