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Article: Iran, Iraq agree to join UN's peace talks
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 23, 1988
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In a major step toward ending eight years of war in the Persian
Gulf, Iraq and Iran agreed Friday to take part in peace talks at the
United Nations next week and to allow UN military experts to visit
the region to work out details of a truce.
UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar invited the warring
nations to send high-level officials to New York City for "intensive
discussions" after Iran rejected an Iraqi demand for direct
negotiations between the two states.
It was unclear whether Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar
Velayati and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz would meet face to
face or indirectly under the mediation of Perez de Cuellar.
Velayati was to arrive in New York ...