VOL. XXXII

NO. 19

13-FEBRUARY-1989

OPEC

USSR Expresses Support for OPEC

The Soviet Union has pledged to take "all necessary steps" to helpOPEC maintain oil prices at current levels, according to an Iraqi Oil Ministryspokesman on 7 February. The official told journalists that Mr. Vasil Denkov,the Soviet Oil Minister, told his Iraqi counterpart, Mr. 'Isam al-Chalabi,during a visit to Baghdad last week that the Soviet Union would support OPEC'sNovember 1988 accord and its efforts to stabilize the...