European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday november 11,1994. Squeezed iraqis recognize Kairait Nicosia Cyprus a in a bid to end crushing International sanctions Iraq formally recognized Kuwait and its new Borders thursday. It also dropped a territorial claim that led to the1990 invasion of inc emirate. The iraqi state news Agency said both Iraq s parliament and ruling revolutionary command Council conferred formal recognition of Kuwait for the firs time in the emirate s 33 years of statehood. The Deci Sion was made during a special session. The White House welcomed the measure As a prom Ising first step but said Iraq s Leader Saddam Hussein must do More before Washington will support lifting of the sanctions. There was no immediate official reaction from Kuwait where the islamic weekend was beginning. But Kuwait has demanded the release of prisoners held i Iraq since the occupation As a condition for lifting the embargo. Iraq s National Assembly supports Iraq s recognition of the sovereignty of the state of Kuwait its territorial integrity and its Independence said a statement carried by the official iraqi news Agency monitored in Nicosia the statement also said Iraq recognized new Kuwait Borders demarcated by a . Committee and respects their  Saddam s revolutionary command endorsed the legislation immediately afterwards. According to the news Agency the recognition was effective immediately an would be published in the official Gazette to make it Legal. Kuwait was part of Iraq under the ottoman Empire which collapsed at the end of world War i. The Brit ish who took Over that Region gave Kuwait Independence in 1961, and the Border had been in dispute Ever since. The United states and its Western allies had demanded Iraq s top bodies the revolutionary com Mand Council and parliament recognize Kuwait Borders before they even consider lifting a crippling 4 year old embargo of Iraq. If kuwaiti recognition is True in practice As Well Asin words that s positive White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said. But there Are a number of other elements to the . Resolutions that Iraq must adhere to before we can even discuss lifting the  Baghdad she said has to permanently Stop threaten " to to. Y if Kutaw recognition is True Ingu  or be resolutions that Iraq must adhere to before we can even discuss lifting a i. -i3�e ? Kwh i the White House press Secretary ing Kuwait s Borders and Stop talking about the emirates Iraq s 19th province she said. Other conditions include releasing political prison ers returning property seized from Kuwait and dismantling Iraq s weapons program. The iraqi announcement followed a special parliament session attended by foreign minister Andrei Kozarev of Russia. Formal recognition of Kuwait and the 105-mile kuwaiti iraqi Border shows to the world that Baghdad is a Factor of stability not of a military crisis Kozy Revias quoted As telling lawmakers. Saddam first indicated readiness to recognize Kuwait last month when Kozarev travelled to Baghdad to de fuse a crisis set off by an iraqi buildup of 80,000 sol Diers near the Southern Border with Kuwait the iraqi troop movements led the United stat Sand Western allies to Send tens of thousands of troops to counter the threat to Kuwait. The United states and Britain remain reluctant to relax the embargo imposed after the August 1990 inva i Sion of Kuwait hoping the hardship it has caused will ultimately bring Down Saddam. Russia once Iraq s chief arms supplier has Bee working hard to end the sanctions. Resumed sales of iraqi Oil would let Baghdad begin repaying the $7 Bil lion it owes Moscow which also Hopes its mediation will help it regain influence lost in the Middle East when the soviet Empire collapsed i 1991. Russia France and China have pressed for a gesture to Reward Baghdad for complying with key Security Council demands including the dismantling of it weapons of mass destruction and the recognition of Kuwait. ,. ,. V \ the three Powers have lucrative business ventures i Iraq in the works once the sanctions Are lifted. The embargo has halted iraqi Oil sales depriving the government of its main source of Revenue. Its 18 million people face severe shortages of food Medicine another major supplies. Humanitarian shipments Are allowed under the embargo but with its Oil exports suspended and assets abroad Frozen since the invasion Baghdad has Little Cash. V. -.  remembers . Teens Sysu Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau Gaeta Italy More than 300 peo ple gathered at Serapo Beach in Gaeta