VOL. XXXV

NO. 1

7-OCTOBER-1991

Iraq

Iraq's Gulf Ports Are Ready to Handle Shipping

The Iraqi Minister of Communications and Transport, Mr. `Abd al-Sattar al-Mu`ini,was quoted by the Baghdad daily al-Thawrah as saying that 17 piers in the portsof Umm Qasr and Khawr al-Zubair at the mouth of the Gulf have been repaired andare ready to receive ships and cargo once the UN embargo on Iraq is lifted.