Title

Douglas Hurd on diplomatic relations with Iraq

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

16 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:20

Description

Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd tells reporter Phil Edwards that diplomatic channels will be kept open with Baghdad even after hostilities begin in Iraq. Hurd, speaking hours after the UN deadline for Iraqi troops to withdraw from Kuwait passed, insists that military action is justified.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd; Phil Edwards

Keywords

UN; Diplomacy; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein

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