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Lorenzo
Concordo.
Per forza di cose gli Stati Uniti dovranno trovare un accordo per l'Iran, se non vogliono scomparire dal Medio Oriente, e l'incombenza cadrà sul prossimo Presidente.
La Russia d'altro canto, come ricordava Lucas, non ha appoggiato la politica iraniana, ma ha coperto le spalle a Teheran(e non solo in consiglio di sicurezza). Inoltre i contratti delle aziende russe sul petrolio iraqueno sono ancora validi, vi cito un articolo molto interessante in proposito(anche se datato Giugno 2004):
World punditry's sound bite of the moment is "Punish France, ignore Germany, forgive Russia." Attributed to U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, the phrase is said to be the blueprint for the United States' postwar policy toward its three most prominent prewar critics.
According to data published in "Vedomosti" on 2 June, the field contains reserves of 8 billion-10 billion barrels of oil. A 1997 production-sharing agreement gave Russia's LUKoil a 68.5 percent stake in the field (with 3.25 percent stakes each for compatriots Mashinoimport and Zarubezhneft). The agreement, which ran through 2020, envisaged investments of $6 billion into the field's development. According to a report in "Kommersant" on 27 May, the contract would have brought the three Russian companies $70 billion worth of oil. UN sanctions rendered the contract stillborn.
Iraq canceled the contract with LUKoil in December, initially alleging that the company had failed to meet its obligations. LUKoil pointed indignantly to UN sanctions that prohibited work on the project. Subsequent reports indicated that Saddam Hussein's regime really intended to punish LUKoil for behind-the-scenes talks with the United States aimed at securing the company a role in a post-Saddam Iraq. Throughout, LUKoil insisted that unilateral termination represented a violation of the contract's terms and promised to pursue the matter through international arbitration. War temporarily quelled the controversy.
West Qurna is not the only Russian oil contract in Iraq, just the biggest and best known. "Nefte Compass" reported on 28 May that other contracts include: Mashinoimport ($77 million), Slavneft ($21.2 million), Zarubezhneft ($8.3 million), Tatneft ($4.8 million), and Stroitransgaz ($33.5 million and $150 million).
Comunque l'Iraq potrebbe essere un tassello importante dell'espansione russa in Medio oriente, che già oggi passa per Egitto e Siria.
Lorenzo
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