DATE=12/22/97

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

NUMBER=2-224424

TITLE=GULF SUMMIT (L ONLY)

BYLINE=JESSICA JONES

DATELINE=CAIRO

CONTENT=

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INTRO:  LEADERS OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL HAVE CALLED ON 

IRAQ TO ABIDE BY U-N RESOLUTIONS SO ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST 

IRAQ CAN BE ENDED.  JESSICA JONES REPORTS FROM OUR MIDDLE EAST 

BUREAU. 



TEXT:  GULF LEADERS CONCLUDED THREE DAYS OF MEETINGS IN KUWAIT 

(MONDAY) WITH A FINAL COMMUNIQUE THAT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT 

WHAT IT CALLED THE -- DANGEROUS ESCALATION -- OF TENSION BETWEEN 

IRAQ AND THE UNITED NATIONS.



IT SAID LEADERS OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL, OR G-C-C, HAD --

DEEP CONCERN -- OVER ALLEGATIONS BY U-N INSPECTORS THAT IRAQ IS 

CONCEALING BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS.  IT CALLED ON THE 

BAGHDAD GOVERNMENT TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH INSPECTION TEAMS, AND 

IT SAID IRAQ MUST PROVE ITS GOOD INTENTIONS TOWARD KUWAIT AND THE

REGION'S OTHER COUNTRIES.



IRAQ HAS BEEN UNDER U-N SANCTIONS SINCE IT INVADED KUWAIT IN 

1990.  THE UNITED NATIONS HAS SAID THE SANCTIONS WILL  NOT  BE 

ENDED UNTIL IRAQ HAS ELIMINATED ITS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 



THE COMMUNIQUE ALSO MENTIONED -- IN ITS WORDS -- POSITIVE 

INDICATIONS AND STATEMENTS FROM IRANIAN OFFICIALS AIMED AT 

IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH GULF COUNTRIES.  IT SAID THE PRESIDENT 

OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES HAS ACCEPTED A PROPOSAL BY IRANIAN 

LEADER MOHAMMED KHATAMI TO DISCUSS DISPUTES OVER SEVERAL ISLANDS 

ALONG THEIR COMMON BORDER.



G-C-C SECRETARY-GENERAL JAMIL AL-HOJEILAN TOLD REPORTERS THAT 

GULF LEADERS HAVE APPROVED A PLAN TO UNIFY TARIFFS AND CONNECT 

POWER SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, WHICH SOME SAY COULD BE THE 

FIRST STEP TOWARD CREATING A GULF COMMON MARKET. 



THE G--CC WAS FOUNDED IN 1981. IT GROUPS SAUDI ARABIA, KUWAIT, 

QATAR, BAHRAIN, OMAN, AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IN AN ECONOMIC

AND POLITICAL ALLIANCE.  (SIGNED)



NEB/JJ/JWH



22-Dec-97 10:46 AM EST (1546 UTC)

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Source: Voice of America

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