VOL. XXXI

NO. 25

28-MARCH-1988

LIBYA

Libyan-Turkish Oil Debt Talks Hit Snags

Efforts by Turkey to increase its crude oil imports from Libya in order toensure prompt payment to Turkish contractors have been blocked by the Libyanauthorities, according to the Turkish news agency (Anatolia). A visit to Ankaraearlier this month by an official Libyan delegation "achieved no agreementon oil trade between the two countries" and "while Turkey is trying toincrease its purchases of crude oil, Libya declines...