Iraq Presses for Full Control of Waterway; Claim on Shatt al Arab Could Complicate Peace Talks Beginning Today in Geneva From: The Washington Post | Date: August 25, 1988| Author: Patrick E. Tyler | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

As delegations from Iran and Iraq arrived here today to prepare for their first face-to-face peace talks since the Persian Gulf war erupted nearly eight years ago, Iraqi officials indicated that any lasting agreement must recognize Baghdad's control over the entire Shatt al Arab waterway, which separates the southern oil fields of the two countries.

Foreign ministers from the two belligerent nations are due to sit down together Thursday under the mediation of U.N. Secretary General J...

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