VOL.XXXVI

NO.16

18-JANUARY-1993

IRAQ

Ankara Seeking UN Permission to Use Oil in Iraqi-Turkish Pipeline

Mr. Ferhat Ataman, the Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman, told the TurkishNews Agency on 7 January that his government is seeking UN permission to emptythe crude oil in the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline system in order to preventcorrosion. On 4 January, the Turkish-daily Hurriyet quoted Mr. Suleyman Demirel,the Turkish Prime Minister, as saying that Turkey was studying the possibilityof asking the UN...