IRAQ MAINTAINS INSISTENCE ON MINIMUM QUOTA PARITY WITH IRAN

Iraq's new Minister of Oil, Mr. Issam al-Chalabi, has reiterated his country's adamant insistence that its oil production quota within OPEC should be at least on a par with that of Iran. In an interview with MEES Executive Editor Valid Khadduri in Baghdad last week, Mr. Chalabi spelt out Iraq's stand in the following uncompromising terms: "Our position has been and will remain: Iraq's quota should be not a...