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OF 20105OZ AUGUST 1990
INFO PRIORITY ME POSTS, ANKARA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEWYORK INFO PRIORITY MODUK, ACTOR
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MY TELNO 872 : IRAQI STATEMENTS.
SUMMARY
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IRAQ CONTINUES TO CONDEMN US NAVAL ACTIONS AGAINST IRAQI VESSELS. HIGH LEVEL INDIAN AND YEMENI VISITORS IN BAGHDAD.
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US/IRAQ
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ON 20 AUGUST THE LOCAL PRESS PUBLISHED THE TEXT OF A LETTER SENT BY FOREIGN MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL. TARIQ AZIZ GAVE DETAILS OF THE US ATTEMPTS TO STOP IRAQI VESSELS ON 17 AND 18 AUGUST AND SAID THAT SUCH INCIDENTS PROVED BEYOND DOUBT THAT THE US HAD GIVEN ITSELF THE RIGHT TO CONDUCT PIRACY AND ARMED AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAQ ON THE HIGH SEAS. HE ADDED THAT THE US AND ITS ALLIES WOULD BEAR THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH ACTIONS.
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TARIQ AZIZ CONCLUDED BY CALLING ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PROTEST STRONGLY AGAINST SUCH AGGRESSION AND TO DEMAND THAT THE NECESSARY MEASURES BE TAKEN TO PREVENTLTHE US FROM POLICING INTERNATIONAL WATERS.
4. ELSEWHERE THE LOCAL PRESS REPOTED CONDEMNATION OF THE US BLOCKADE FROM QADHAFFI.
DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS
5. THE IRAQI NEWS AGENCY REPORTED ON 19 AUGUST THAT THE INDIAN MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ANDAR KUMAR KUJRAL, AND A MEMBER OF YEMEN'S PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL, SALIM SALEH MOHAMMED, HAD ARRIVED IN BAGHDAD THAT DAY TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION. SALIM SALEH MOHAMMED WAS QUOTED AS SAYING ON HIS ARRIVAL THAT PRESIDENT SALEH AND THE YEMENI PEOPLE CONDEMNED THE BLOCKADE OF IRAQ.
KUWAIT
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THE PRESS ALSO PUBLISHED THE TEXT OF A REVOLUTIONAY COMMAND
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