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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA

26 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA

19960926 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, President Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen of Guatemala told correspondents that Guatemalans were fast approaching the signing of the final agreement towards a "firm and lasting peace". That agreement would end Guatemala's 36-year armed conflict -- the longest in the Latin American region.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED KINGDOM

26 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED KINGDOM

19960926 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Malcolm Rifkind, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon that he had just completed two hours of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Qien Qicheng, the fourth time he had conferred with his Chinese counterpart in the past 12 months.