Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 8/17/1998
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of August 17, 1998
- Syria, Iraq sign minutes of meeting to reopen Karkouk - Banias oil pipeline
Syria and Iraq on Thursday signed a joint minutes of meeting to resume operation of the oil pipeline linking the Iraqi Karkouk city to the Syrian Banias refinery. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 8/21/1998 - Annan denies intervention to settle new crisis in Iraq
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has denied refusing the US request to intervene in settling the new crisis with Iraq. Spokesman for the UN Fred Eckhard said Annan did not in any forum express the views attributed to him in this regard. Iraq-UN, Politics, 8/21/1998 - Annan to mediate Iraq - UN dispute as military option is hinted at
The spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday said the UN chief is ready now to discuss with the UN Security Council the possibility of his personal intervention in the dispute pertaining to the activities of the UN inspection team in Iraq. Iraq-UN, Politics, 8/20/1998 - Iraq urged Arab states to ignore sanctions, Kuwait successor warns of Iraq
Iraq has urged all neighboring countries, excluding Kuwait to ignore the embargo imposed on it and to resume full trade relations with it. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 8/19/1998 - Syrian petroleum minister in Baghdad, new oil pipeline talks
Syrian Minister of Oil Mohammed Jamal arrived in Baghdad today for a three-day visit, during which he will hold talks with his Iraqi counterpart, Amer Rashid, concerning reactivating the petroleum pipeline between Karkouk and Banias with an estimated capacity of 650,000 barrels a day. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 8/19/1998 - Iran receives Iraqi refugees
Iran started yesterday procedures to receive a new group of Iraqi refugees who have lived in the Saudi Rafha camp since 1991 and wanted to move to and live in Iran. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/19/1998 - Sudanese foreign minister in a new tour of Arab states
Iraqi Vice President Taha Yasin Ramadan will head to Sudan on August 28 to meet with Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir and a number of high-ranking Sudanese officials. Sudan-Iraq, Politics, 8/19/1998 - A message from Iraqi FM to his Iranian counterpart Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/19/1998
- Iranian pilgrims visit Iraqi holy shrines
For the first time since the eruption of the Iraqi - Iranian war in 1980 and ten years after the war ended, the first group of Iranian Shiite pilgrimages arrived in Iraq. The group comprises 750 persons. It is led by Iranian minister of culture and religious guidance Atallah Muhajarani. Iraq, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Iraqi president to travel to Paris, Peking and Moscow next year
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is expected to travel next year to France, China and Russia, according to Arab weekly "Al Moharrer News." Iraq, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Iraq to increase oil exports
Iraq said on Sunday that it will increase its oil exports to 2.7 million barrels per day after the delivery of spare parts needed to repair its oil equipment. Iraq, Economics, 8/17/1998