VOL. XXXI

NO. 38

27-JUNE-1988

UAE-SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia Takes Issue with UAF Oil Minister's Statement on QuotaProblem

The UAE Oil Minister, Dr. Mana Saeed al-Otaiba, has come out with what mustbe regarded as a definitive repudiation of the quota of 948,000 b/d allocated tothe UAE under the current OPEC agreement which the 12 OPEC member countriesconcerned (including the UAE) recently decided to extend until the end of 1988.In an interview with Moroccan TV on 16 June (both the UAE President,...