U.S. takes Moscow to task
NZPA-Reuter Washington The United States has j accuser) the Soviet Union j of making an, issue out of an arbitrary troop with- : drawal I date rather than dealing seriously with key j issues blocking an ■ Afghanistan peace agreement.' A . State Department: spokesman, Charles Red-j man, the {subject will: be high on jthe United: States agenda when Soviet: Foreign Minister, Eduard: Shevardnadze, meets the: Secretary of State George' Shultz jin Washington next) week, I I “We’re disappointed: that the Soviet Union has
chosen to make a public ! issue out of the arbitrary date rather than deal seri- : ously with the issues which remain to be resolved before the Geneva (peace) process can be concluded/’ Mr Redman , said. || Prospects for settling), Afghanistan’s eight-year, civil war appeared to itnprove when i the Russian; leader, j Nlikhail Gorbachev, 'announced last, month that Soviet troops backing,trie Kabul regime since 1979 would begin leaving (on May 15 if a peace pact was reached at United Nations-spon-! sored talks in Geneva by March 15!
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