The World - News from April 4, 1986
The United States promised to consider a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres for the formation by industrial nations benefiting from falling oil prices of a $25 billion to $30 billion development fund for the Middle East. But a State Department spokesman said that while the United States supports the proposal’s goals, there are “potential political and financial obstacles” to such a program.
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