VOL. XLIV

No 42

15-October-2001

IRAQ/KUWAIT

IraqAnd Kuwait Trade Accusations Over Border Oilfields

Iraqand Kuwait have traded accusations over action that each claims the other istaking in the oilfields that straddle their border. The Iraqi Foreign Minister,Naji al-Hadithi, on 19 September sent a memo to the Secretary-Generals of theArab League and the United Nations accusing Kuwait of excessive andunilateral exploitation of the Ratga oilfield that straddles the borderbetween the two countries...