VOL. XXXIV

NO. 23

11-MARCH-1991

Leading Saudi Oil Official Rebuts Iraqi Arguments For Occupation Of Kuwait

The following article by Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman Al Saud, Advisor to theSaudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, appeared in a recent issue ofthe Saudi daily al-Riyadh. This is a MEES translation from the original Arabic.

After its occupation of Kuwait, Iraq presented weak arguments in order tojustify its occupation, some of which are economic and oil-related. Thesearguments...