VOL. XLV

No 8

25-February-2002

IRAN/KUWAIT

ImportingWater From Iran Would Lead To Higher Consumer Prices, Parliament Hears

Aproject to import water from Iran by means of a pipeline would cost the Kuwaiticonsumer more than fresh water produced from domestic desalination plants, Electricityand Industry Minister Talal al-'Ayyar said on 25 January in a response toquestions posed by a member of the National Assembly, 'Abd Allah al-Nibari. Headded that Kuwait was negotiating with a group of companies...