VOL. XXXVII

NO. 15

10-JANUARY-1994

CIS

Turkey Rules Out Increasing Oil Transit via Bosphorus And Dardanelles

Turkey has apparently put its foot down on the subject of Central Asian oilexports passing through its crowded Bosphorus and Dardanelle Straits. TurkishForeign Minister Hikmet Cetin told a news conference in Ankara on 31 Decemberthat Turkey has ruled out increasing the amount of crude oil tanker trafficthrough the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. Mr. Cetin acknowledged that shippingoil from...