Word: directe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Announcement of a date would put pressure on Iraq, which has insisted on direct talks with Iran before a ceasefire.Iran wants a truce first...
...direct talks issue has been an obstacle inthe talks, but Perez de Cuellar said, "The problemis not the concept of direct talks. The problem isthe timing, when the direct talks will take placeand I am working...
Sadoun Hamadi, Iraqi minister of state forforeign affairs, earlier yesterday repeated hiscountry's insistence on direct talks before atruce during an appearance on state television inBaghdad...
...direct talks with Iran before a ceasefire. Iran wants a truce first...
...origins of the gulf war have grown somewhat obscure over the years. Most authorities blame Iraq for staging the first direct attack, in September 1980, though many concede that Baghdad was mightily provoked by persistent Iranian efforts to stir trouble within Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim minority. After fighting more than three years to recapture its enemy-held land, Iran invaded Iraqi territory in 1984. Eventually, it squeezed off the Shatt al Arab waterway in southern Iraq, the country's only entrance to the gulf. At one point in the conflict, Iran held large areas of territory, notably in southeastern...