APS Diplomat News Service articles from April 2005

APS Diplomat News Service archives from April 2005

Qatar Pushes The Middle East Democracy Agenda & Questions The Outcome Of GCC Efforts.
April 4, 2005... *** Qatar Is To Export 75M T/Y Of LNG - It Will Have 30% Of The World Markets Of Liquefied Gas & Will Become The Biggest Supplier Of Ultra-Clean Fuels From GTL Joint Ventures *** Doha Will Spend $15 Billion In The Next Five Years So That...

GCC-EU Oil Accord May Lead To Energy Integration; OPEC Supply Gesture Is Key 1st Move.
April 11, 2005... *** The Latest Arab Report Published On April 5 By UNDP Harshly Hits Arab States For Suppressing Freedoms And Blames The US & Israel For A Part In The Suppression Via Occupation In Iraq, Palestine; It Says Partial Reforms Are No Longer...

GCC-EU Free Trade Pact By End-05.(Gulf Cooperation Council)
April 11, 2005... The GCC and EU foreign ministers on April 5 agreed to sign a free-trade agreement by end-2005, according to Bahraini Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa. Speaking to reporters at the end of a joint GCC-EU...

Iran-India Gas Pipeline Will Boost Indo-Pakistani & Tehran-Washington Peace Processes.
April 25, 2005... *** Pakistan And India Now Have A 'Soft Border' Allowing Bus Services From Srinagar To Muzaffarabad In Pakistani Land Across The LoC To Be Relaunched *** But Musharraf Warns Of Further Conflict Between The Nuke-Armed Neighbours - Unless They...

The Asian Option To Iran.(Brief Article)
April 25, 2005... The rising price of oil, nervousness in the energy markets and the scramble by fast-growing Asian countries to secure their own access to oil supplies has lately played into Tehran's hands. Iran has approached China and India, two of the...

Iranian Gas To China Via India.(Brief Article)
April 25, 2005... Indian Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is due to visit Tehran shortly to finalise the string of oil BBC and LNG deals. He is now saying the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline can be extended to China. On April 18, on the last leg...

Musharraf Warns On Kashmir.(Brief Article)
April 25, 2005... Musharraf on April 18 ended his visit with a warning of further conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours unless they resolved their Kashmir dispute once and for all. His chilling sign-off overshadowed an otherwise successful summit which...