Word: envoys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...goals of the U.S.-led coalition. Yet few diplomats, including top U.S. specialists, doubt that Tehran is determined to remain a bystander in the conflict. "I would be flabbergasted if Iran made a 180 degrees turn, violated the U.N. resolutions and sacrificed its neutrality," says a European envoy in Riyadh. Says a senior British diplomat in London: "Iran has nothing to gain by getting involved in the war against the allies. Among other things, its military is in terrible shape as a result of the Iran-Iraq...
...anyone but the Americans. In Geneva, Aziz reminded Baker, "You are American. You are not the world." Given that sentiment, the U.N.'s Perez de Cuellar appeared to be the most suitable intermediary. "He is a diplomatic ladder on which Saddam can climb down," said a senior French envoy...
Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis also met with an envoy sent by President Mikhail Gorbachev, Georgy Tarazevich, for about two and a half hours...
...bribes and threats are all that hold this "coalition" together. The U.S. had to forgive Egyptian and Turkish debts to gain support. On the other hand, anticipating a "no" vote by Yemen on a recent U.N. Security Council resolution, the American ambassador was instructed to tell the Yemeni envoy that it would be "the costliest `no' vote you will ever make...
...mandate for going on the offensive even if Congress declined to give one. Baker seems to have the necessary votes in hand. The other permanent members of the Security Council -- Britain, France, China and the Soviet Union -- have all indicated they would not veto the measure, though Soviet envoy Yevgeni Primakov last week asked for a delay so that he can make one more try at negotiating a settlement in Baghdad. Since the U.S. holds the Security Council presidency this month, a vote can be expected fairly soon...