The World - News from Oct. 21, 1985
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Leonid F. Ilyichev left Peking after a seventh round of normalization talks with China failed to make progress on the major obstacles between the Communist neighbors. The official New China News Agency called the discussions useful and businesslike, but Chinese negotiator Qian Qichen told reporters at Peking airport that he was dissatisfied because the top problems remained unresolved. The major issues are Cambodia, Afghanistan and Soviet troops on China’s border. An eighth round is scheduled for April, 1986.
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