IRAN-SYRIA

Syrian Minister in Iran for Oil Talks

Syrian Oil Minister Ghazi Droubi arrived in Tehran on 18 April at the head of a high-level delegation for talks with Iranian oil officials on the renewal of the oil supply agreement between the two countries which expired at the end of last month. The agreement, renewed on an annual basis since 1982, came under both economic and political strains during the past two years (MEES, 2 and 30 March), and as a result Iranian oil deliveries to...