Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 22

30-May-2005

Jordan

Kuwait Denies Holding Talks On Resuming Oil Grant To Jordan

Kuwaits Energy Minister Shaikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah on 21 May denied that he had held talks with Jordanian officials over the resumption of an oil grant to the kingdom. While the Kuwaiti minister was in Jordan to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) he met King Abd Allah and other senior Jordanians. The meetings led to speculation that the subject of the oil grant was on...