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Jimmy Carter peace mission to Bosnia

Title
Jimmy Carter peace mission to Bosnia
Genre
News report; Press conference
TX Date
19 Dec 1994
Year of production
1994
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Duration
00:03:18
Description
Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports on a peace mission by former US President, Jimmy Carter to the former Yugoslavia. Following his visit to Sarajevo where he met with Bosnian government officials, Carter is travelling to the Bosnian Serb headquarters in Pale. However, President Bill Clinton is keeping his distance from Carter’s freelance diplomacy, and other members of the five-nation Contact Group are said to be worried that the former president could step into a diplomatic trap in his meetings with the Serbs. Broadcast on London News. Includes statements from Jimmy Carter; Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Contributors
Jimmy Carter; Simon Marks; Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Keywords
USA; International relations; Jimmy Carter; Peacemaking; Diplomacy; Presidents; Politicians; Wars (events); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Yugoslav War (1991-1995)

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