VOL. XXXII

NO. 19

13-FEBRUARY-1989

GENERAL

Maghreb and Mashreq States Set Up Economic Alliances

Arab states in the Maghreb and Mashreq are scheduled to meet next week andannounce the establishment of two new economic blocs. Leaders of the five NorthAfrican states (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia) will hold asummit in Morocco on 15-17 February to mark the formation of the Arab MaghrebUnion for which the ground was laid at an earlier summit by the leaders of thefive states in Algiers...