VOL. XXX
NO. 29
27-APRIL-1987
GULF SHIPPING
Kuwait Confirms Tanker Chartering and Flag Changing in Effort to HaltAttacks on its Shipping
A Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on 19 April that his countrywas chartering tankers from "friendly countries" and registering itsown tankers under their flags in a bid to stop Iranian attacks on its ships inthe Gulf. The Kuwaiti official said that the move was being undertaken for"economic and security reasons" and would not compromise Kuwait's...
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