HARAJE Reuter: Israel and the gulf war could become burning issues at the non-aligned movements Triennial Summit in Zimbabwe next week following Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Pere’s trip to Cameroun and Iran’s rejection of arbitration to end its conflict with Iraq.
The gulf war and Peres arrival in Cameroun on the first official visit to an Africa country by an Israeli Prime Minister in 20 years are major topics in a world political report that senior officials will begin considering tomorrow. They will then submit it for ratification by leaders of the 101-member group when they convene here from September 1-6.
Failure to resolve the six-year old war between member states Iran and Iraq is one of the nonaligned movement’s most painful issues and Zimbabwean Prime Minister Robert Mugabe has promised fresh mediation efforts during the summit.
But hopes for a breakthrough suffered a setback yesterday when Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said Iran most fight until victory and finish off Irani President Saddam Hussein who is expected here later this week.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 29, 1986
