VOL. XXXIX

No. 34

20-May-1996

GENERAL

Turkey Not Ready ToShare Water With Arabs, Says Yilmaz

Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said last week thatwater is as important to his country as oil for the Arabsand that his government is not ready for a water-sharingagreement with Syria and Iraq, although it will continueproviding the two countries with their water needs from thetwo rivers which flow from its territory. Mr. Yilmaz toldthe London-based Saudi-weekly Al-Wasat on 6May that"Turkey...