Kuwait Denies Reports of Deal With Iraq
Reuters
NICOSIA, Cyprus —
Kuwait’s government-in-exile said Monday it would not agree to give Iraq even one inch of Kuwaiti territory and branded as “totally untrue” reports that it is involved in secret negotiations with Iraq.
Foreign Minister Sabah al Ahmed al Sabah, in remarks quoted by the Kuwaiti news agency, said a report in the British newspaper the Independent on Sunday was based “on fabricated rumors . . . and totally untrue.”
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