Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 8/18/1997
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of August 18, 1997
- Iraq will participate in the Syrian international trade exhibition
Qais Khafaji, the acting head of Iraq's chamber of industry, said that companies' teams will travel to Damascus next week and attempt to conclude deals. Iraq, Economics, 8/22/1997 - Arab League urges Baghdad to pay dues
The financial and economic committee of the Arab league asked the Secretary-general Arab League to urge Iraq to pay its dues to the budget of the Arab League. Iraq, Politics, 8/22/1997 - Iraqi US secret trade transactions
Some diplomatic sources said the USA and Iraq secretly made trade transactions in spite of the mutual accusations between the two countries. Iraq, Economics, 8/21/1997 - Iran still waiting for official steps on Iraq's lifting ban on travel
Iranian President Mohammed Khatami asked Iraqi President Saddam Hussien to release Iranian POW's in a step to show good will and begin a new page in relations between the two countries. Iraq, Politics, 8/21/1997 - Iraqi military movements
An Iraqi Shiite Muslim source said that Iraq has sent reinforcements to Basra and Nassiriya provinces. Iraq, Military, 8/21/1997 - Syrian-Iraqi oil line to reopen
The oil line, closed in the eighties, is being prepared to transfer Iraqi oil to Syria. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 8/19/1997 - Saddam allows Iranians to visit Shiite shrines
The President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, will permit Iranians to visit Iraq's Shiite Muslim shrines starting next month, after a 17-year-suspension. Iraq, Religion, 8/19/1997 - Iran urges Baghdad to free POW's
Iran urged the Iraqi government on August 18 to free Iranian POWs held since 1980-88 war between the two countries. Iraq, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Syrian minister of economy confers with Iraqi industrialists
Talks dealt with prospects of exchanging commodities and products between the two countries within the framework of the oil-for-food formula. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 8/18/1997