Valery Giscard d’Estaing calls for Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

Title

Valery Giscard d’Estaing calls for Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

Genre

News report

TX Date

Mar 1981

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:27

Description

Report on French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing’s call for the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. US President Jimmy Carter, in contrast, praised the partial withdrawal of Soviet troops, after calling for a transitional arrangement. The French President also criticised Britain for haggling over the terms of the European Common Market agreement and holding up its expansion. Male reporter not identified.

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None Identified

Keywords

EEC; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; France; Common markets; Jimmy Carter; Occupied territories; Valery Giscard d’Estaing; Leonid Brezhnev; Membership

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