Major urged to step up Kurdish aid

Title

Major urged to step up Kurdish aid

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

Jul 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:39

Description

Press conference featuring a male Kurdish speaker (poss. the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal Talabani) following a meeting with UK Prime Minister John Major in London. He thanks the PM and the British people for support shown towards Kurdish refugees in Iraq but also asks for the aid programme to be stepped up before winter sets in.

Contributors

Jalal Talabani?

Keywords

UK; Ethnic groups; Foreign aid; Political refugees; John Major; Iraq; Kurds

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