VOL. XL

No. 26

30-June-1997

IRAQ

Negotiations For Iraq's Oil-For-Food Program Still At An EarlyStage

MEES Executive Editor Walid Khadduri Reports from Vienna.

Despite reported official Iraqi statements that talks regarding the oil-for-foodprogram are well under way and that Iraqi oil exports will resume in the next few days, MEESunderstands that it will take time for a final decision to be reached and that severalnecessary and perhaps lengthy steps still have to be taken before Iraqi oil...