IRAQ: OIL MINISTER SAYS IRAQ HAS CURTAILED OIL EXPORTS UNDER THE U.N. FOOD-FOR-OIL PROGRAMME.

Record ID: 344802

  • Title: IRAQ: OIL MINISTER SAYS IRAQ HAS CURTAILED OIL EXPORTS UNDER THE U.N. FOOD-FOR-OIL PROGRAMME.
  • Date: 23rd November 1999
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 22, 1999) (REUTERS (A)) 1. GV/PAN: CAR DRIVING UP WITH VENEZUELAN OIL MINISTER ALI RODRIGUEZ/ DOOR OPENED BY IRAQI POLICEMAN 0.16 2. MCU: IRAQI OIL MINISTER AMER MOHAMMED RASHID SHAKES HANDS KISSES RODRIGUEZ 0.32 3. MV: RODRIGUEZ AND MOHAMMED WALK INTO AL RASHID HOTEL 0.35 4. GV: MINISTERS SEATED FOR PHOTO OPPORTUNITY 0.50 5. CU: SOUNDBITE: (English) RASHID: "We have finished pumping and loading all the tankers which we were contracted for, under contracts for the sixth phase by today. (Question: "So you are not pumping oil at the moment?") "We have no more contracts to fulfill during the sixth phase." 1.09 6. SCU: CAMERAMAN 1.13 7. CU: SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) RASHID "The Security Council have extended the sixth phase for two weeks. Iraq's stand was declared by the Iraqi Foreign Minister and that is we do not deal with such an evil resolution aiming at blackmailing Iraq." 1.31 8. MV: MEDIA 1.35 9. MV: SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) RODRIGUEZ: "As has happened with similar OPEC countries I have visited, I carry with me a letter from the Venezuelan President and people to His Exellency President Saddam." 1.46 10. MV/GV/LV: VARIOUS OF IRAQI OIL FIELDS (5 SHOTS) 2.19 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 8th December 1999 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA6GWKOD3P9Q12KAEVQFAD6G2Y2
  • Story Text: The Iraqi Oil Minister Amer Mohammed has said Iraq has
    curtailed exports of oil under the U.N.food-for-oil
    programme.

    Rasheed made the comments as Venezuelan Oil Minister Ali
    Rodriguez arrived in Baghdad for a two-day visit to discuss
    bilateral oil cooperation and other oil-related issues.

    The Venezuelan minister was received at Baghdad's
    al-Rashid Hotel by Iraqi Oil Minister Amer Mohammed Rashid on
    Monday (November 22) after travelling by road from the
    Iran-Iraq border point of Al-Muntheriya.The two ministers are
    also expected to discuss issues related to the Organization of
    Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC cooperation in
    devising ways to support oil prices.

    Other high-ranking officials from the two countries will
    attend the meetings.The ministers are expected to tackle the
    crucial question of whether current OPEC output cuts should be
    altered.Last March OPEC countries and key allies agreed to
    cut their production by 2.1 billion barrels a day to help
    raise oil prices.

    The pact expires on March 31, 2000.Rodriguez said he
    carried a letter from his president to Iraqi President Saddam
    Hussein regarding an invitation to attend OPEC's summit in
    Caracas,Venezuela, in March.

    Also on Monday, Rashid reiterated Iraq's rejection of a
    two-week extension of U.N.humanitarian aid after the Saturday
    expiration of the latest phase of the oil-for-food deal.

    However, it was unclear whether Iraq will stop exporting oil
    to raise money for food under the extension, which aims to
    give Security Council members time to resolve a deadlock on a
    wider, comprehensive policy on Iraq.

    Baghdad has called for the lifting of U.N.economic
    sanctions imposed in 1990 following its invasion of Kuwait.


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