Arabic News Daily Page for 12/31/1997
Daily Edition - Wednesday, December 31, 1997
- Kuwait and Yemen expected to reopen embassies
Yemeni-Kuwaiti relations deteriorated greatly after the Gulf War as Kuwait accused Sanaa of supporting Iraq and Saddam Hussein Kuwait-Yemen, Politics, 12/31/1997 - $300 million from the World Bank to Toshki
The World Bank (WB) agreed to dedicate $300 million in the form of loans to private sector companies investing in agricultural development in the Toshki project in Egypt Egypt, Agriculture, 12/31/1997 - UN Sanctions Committee ratifies Jordanian contracts to export necessities to Iraq
The UN Security Council Sanctions Committee agreed upon eight new contracts allowing Jordanian companies to export humanitarian goods to Iraq in accordance with oil-for-food deal, which came into effect in December 1996. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 12/31/1997 - Committee discusses authority to monitor weapons treaty signatories
the technical committee concerned with drafting a treaty to rid the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction Regional, Military, 12/31/1997