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DATE: SATURDAY, February 2, 1991                   TAG: 9102020214
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: AMMAN, JORDAN                                LENGTH: Short

IRAN BEGINS SHIPPING IRAQ HUMANITARIAN AID

Walking a tightrope of neutrality, Iranian authorities Friday began shipping food and medicine to the Iraqi people while discussing ways to induce their government to leave Kuwait.

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati met separately with high-ranking Iraqi and French envoys in Tehran, the official Iranian news agency reported. Top diplomats from Algeria and Yemen were also in the capital, a convergence that has led to speculation that another peace effort is under way.

Meanwhile, Iran's Red Crescent Society announced that deliveries of medicine and powdered milk began moving into Iraq. Officials described the shipments as humanitarian and no violation of the U.N. economic embargo.

- Los Angeles Times 


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