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Article: Secretary-General has wide-ranging discussions in Teheran and Baghdad. (Javier Perez de Cuellar)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- May 1, 1985
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Secretary-General has wide-ranging discussions in Tehran and Baghdad
After a two-day visit to Iran and Iraq in April, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar reported he had been given "cause for encouragement" in his discussions with both sides, adding it would be "unrealistic to ignore the profound distrust that unfortunately still exists between the two parties."
Although both countries' positions "remain wide apart", he said, "there exists a real basis for pursuing efforts to bring closer the prospect of peace". As a first step, the Security Council should invite both countries to "take part in a renewed examination of all aspects of the conflict", ...