Gorbachev plan for peace for Iraq

Title

Gorbachev plan for peace for Iraq

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:32

Description

Report on Iraqi Foreign Minister, Tariq Aziz, flying to Moscow with an answer from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein regarding the Soviet peace plan for the Gulf War. With comment from Soviet ambassador to the UN Oliver Onsof(?); Iranian Ambassador Kamal Kharrazi; US ambassador Thomas Pickering on US rejection of the plan; Yemeni ambassador Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal. Paul Woodley reports from the UN for LBC Newstalk 97.3.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Kamal Kharrazi; Thomas Pickering; LBC Newstalk; Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal; Oliver Onsof(?)

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; USSR; International relations; Conflict resolution; Diplomacy; Peacebuilding; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; George H. W. Bush

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