VOL. XXXVI

NO. 48

30-AUGUST-1993

IRAQ

Turkey Calls For Lifting Of Oil Sanctions Against Iraq

In a major shift in Turkish foreign policy, Ankara has called for the liftingof oil and economic sanctions against Iraq because they have proved ineffectiveand have damaged Turkish interests. Mrs. Tansu Ciller, the Turkish PrimeMinister, told the Turkish-daily Cumhuriyet on 20 August that her country plansa diplomatic initiative to lift the oil embargo because of the huge lossesincurred by Turkey owing to...