Word: kozyrev
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...meantime, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev charged last week that the Bosnian government launched its October offensive "with the clear intention of involving NATO." Moscow still has a proprietary interest in its Orthodox Serb kinfolk. It has never believed in bombing them into an enforced compromise...
Saddam Hussein must have felt lonelier by the day last week as even somewhat friendly nations registered their disapproval of his aggressive behavior toward Kuwait. The United Nation's Security Council voted unanimously to condemn his actions. The Russian Foreign Minister, Andrei Kozyrev, who had tried to ease pressure on Iraq, said he did not want to "dramatize" the situation and affirmed that Washington and Moscow were in agreement on the need for full Iraqi compliance with U.N. resolutions. Finally, U.S. jets flew dry runs over Iraq as a forceful reminder of their heavy presence in the region...
Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev renewed efforts to ease sanctions against Iraq, taking his plea to the United Nations. Kozyrev argued that the U.N., despite U.S. objections, should lift an oil embargo on Iraq by May in exchange for Saddam Hussein's recognition of Kuwaiti sovereignty. (He also said Russia had received advance information on last week's desert maneuvers and reports that "Iraq was not planning to attack Kuwait.") The U.S. response: U.N. Ambassador Madeleine Albright said "Iraq must not be led to choose in an a la carte way" among U.N. conditions for lifting sanctions...
Russia became the latest negotiator to abandon the Bosnian Serbs. Andrei Kozyrev, the Russian foreign minister, announced that his country would refuse to come to the aid of Bosnian Serbs if an all-out war broke out in the former Yugoslavia. Even the Serb President, Slobodan Milosevic, has warned the recalcitrant Bosnian Serbs by threatening to cut off their supplies and funding. Are the Serbs getting the point? Apparently not. They're continuing their siege of Sarajevo and their effort to drive Muslims from northeast Bosnia. "The Bosnian Serbs think they will somehow wiggle out of this just like they...
...Foreign Minister Talks: Kozyrev on Zhirinovsky and others...