VOL. XXXII

NO. 19

13-FEBRUARY-1989

ALGERIA

Algeria and Morocco Agree on Gas Pipeline to Europe

President Chadli Benjedid of Algeria and King Hassan of Morocco on 8 Februarysigned an agreement for the construction of a gas pipeline from Algeria acrossMorocco to Spain at the end of a three-day visit to Morocco by the AlgerianPresident. As presently envisaged, the pipeline - which was the subject of talksbetween Algeria and Spain last year (MEES, 19 September 1988) - will run some500 kms. from the...