The World - News from April 22, 1987

Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir F. Petrovsky said he has given Persian Gulf leaders detailed proposals from Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev for talks to end the Iran-Iraq War and safeguard shipping in the region. “We propose multiparty talks to take a common position on ways to guarantee security and navigation in the gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Indian Ocean,” he said. At a news conference at the close of his three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates, Petrovsky said, “We also propose talks on reducing the number of naval forces and defining their activities in the region.”