VOL. XLI
No. 29
20-July-1998
IRAQ
Iraq Asks UN To Stop Kuwaiti Sale Of Tankers, Kuwait Rejects IraqiClaims
The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, toldreporters on 11 July that Kuwait has the right to sell five Iraqi tankers it has heldsince the 1991 Gulf war. The dispute arose a fortnight ago when Iraqi Foreign MinisterMuhammad Said al-Sahaf sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan stating thatKuwait has sold as scrap metal for $16.5mn five tankers belonging to the...
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