US-Iraqi meeting over Gulf crisis

Title

US-Iraqi meeting over Gulf crisis

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

5 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:04:38

Description

Report on a meeting to be held in Geneva, Switzerland between the Foreign Ministers of Iraq and the USA, although the USA will not compromise on Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait or offer compromise on Palestinian problem. Speakers are US President George H.W. Bush; former head of the United Nations International Peacekeeping Force, Brian Urquhart; Iraqi Ambassador to the USA, Mohammad al-Mashat. Paul Rowley reports.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; George H. W. Bush; Mohammad al-Mashat; Brian Urquhart

Keywords

USA; Middle East; Diplomacy; Lebanon; Peacebuilding; Europe; Palestine; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein

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