VOL. XL

No. 25

23-June-1997

IRAQ

Iraqi Oil Minister Visits Spain As Security Council Discusses More Sanctions On Iraq

MEES learns that the Iraqi Oil Minister, Dr. Amir Rashid, plansto visit Spain in the early part of this week on his way to the OPEC MinisterialConference in Vienna. Dr. Rashid's visit is the third of its type to a European state,having been preceded earlier by visits to France and Italy. Oil firms from the threecountries have been negotiating with Baghdad for several years...