Fwd: Iraq-India oil-for-food deal

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

From: "Ulhas Joglekar" <ulhasj at bom4.vsnl.net.in>
To: <marxism at lists.panix.com>
Subject: Iraq-India oil-for- food deal
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 07:03:35 +0530

Thursday
30 November 2000

Oil-for-food deal with Iraq made
The Times of India News Service

NEW DELHI: India and Iraq has reached an understanding, whereby Iraq 
would import foodgrain, especially wheat, in exchange for crude oil 
and oil products. It has also been decided that the ONGC Videsh Ltd. 
would help develop the Tuba oilfields in Iraq.

The Iraqi vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadhan on Wednesday pointed 
out the `inertia' that had crept into the relations between the two 
countries in the last 10 years. He, however, described this visit as 
a ``turning point'' in bilateral relations and pronounced it 
successful.

Strongly criticising the sanctions against Iraq, India, on its part, 
has said that it would take up the matter and see some positive 
response from the global community.

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