VOL. XLI

No. 09

2-March-1998

IRAQ

Oil-For-Food Talks In Baghdad

The following is the text of the letter sent on 25 February by Iraqi ForeignMinister, Mr. Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, to UN Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, regardingdiscussions on the oil-for-food program held in Baghdad on 23 February by Mr. Annan withIraqi Vice President Taha Yasin Ramadhan (MEES translation from the Arabic):

Your Excellency,

I would like to refer to the positive and constructive meeting that HE the VicePresident of...