VOL. XLV

No 1

7-January-2002

MOROCCO

Morocco Criticizes Spanish OilExploration Awards

Criticism by Moroccan InformationMinister Muhammad al-Shari of Spains allocation of two oil exploration blocksoffshore the Canary Islands to Repsol YPF has highlighted growing tensionbetween the two countries over oil exploration. The London-based Arabic daily al-Qudson29 December quoted Mr Shari as saying that his government had studied the awardand found it one-sided and contrary to the 1982 International Law...