Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 5/28/2001
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of May 28, 2001
- Consultations underway in Security Council on Iraq, Palestine
"Consultations are underway in the United Nations Security Council on the efforts exerted by the US as regards the Palestinian and Iraqi issues," said Egyptian Delegate to the UN, Ahmed Abul-Gheit. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 6/2/2001 - Arab, international contacts to lift sanctions imposed on Iraq
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa stressed that the American-British proposed smart sanctions regime is still unclear to all Arabs so far. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 5/31/2001 - More Jordanian Flights to Baghdad Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 5/31/2001
- Iraq, Algeria begin oil talks Iraq-Algeria, Economics, 5/31/2001
- Irrigation minister named acting interior minister Iraq, Politics, 5/31/2001
- Syrian company executes a water transport tunnel in Southern Iraq
Syrian official sources said that the general company for irrigation and potable waters (RIMA) has won an international bid to implement a project of a 19.2 Km long tunnel in al- Basra areas in Iraq. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 5/30/2001 - Washington links smart sanctions to collaboration from Jordan, Syria and Turkey
A US governmental source has stated that the US and Britain will strongly push forward during the few coming days at the UN to pass the British draft resolution to amend the sanctions against Iraq despite the Russian and Chinese reservations and objections. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/30/2001 - Interior minister relieved of post Iraq, Politics, 5/29/2001