VOL. XL

No. 49

8-December-1997

EGYPT

Banbi Says Egypt Is Indifferent Towards Israel's Gas Market

Egyptian Oil Minister Hamdi al-Banbi has expressed Egypt's indifference towards theIsraeli gas market in an interview published in the weekly al-Ahram al-Arabi on 22November. He told the interviewer: "We are absolutely not worried whether to exportgas to Israel or not. The Israeli market is limited, and Israel does not have a nationalgas network. The Israelis did not use natural gas before, and I...