The World - News from Jan. 31, 1986

Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, returning home from an 11-day tour of Western Europe, conceded that his trip produced “no fundamental change” in prospects for Mideast peace talks. His remarks dampened hopes that Israel and Jordan, using U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard W. Murphy as an intermediary, had made progress toward opening talks on the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. In Amman, Jordan, meanwhile, a Palestinian source said four days of talks between King Hussein and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on reviving peace moves have been “inconclusive.”