VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 33

15-MAY-1995

Iraq

Iraq Builds High Hopes On Chirac's Election

Iraq hopes that the victory of Mr. Jacques Chirac in the French presidentialelections will revive relations between the two countries and create freshmomentum towards the lifting of the UN sanctions. These hopes were expressed inthe congratulatory cable sent by President Saddam Husain to Mr. Chirac on 8 May,in which he recalled the "joint action two decades ago when we workedtogether to build the distinguished...