Session #101 · 1989–91

Speech #1010123959

Where you have an agreement which has been entered into between Aeroflot and El Al on this subject. a binding contract. and the Soviet Union is interfering with its enforcement because of pressure from the Arab countries. the United States ought not to sit still. Secretary of State Baker did carry this matter as I say. to Mr. Shevardnadze and to Mr. Gorbachev. But more can be done when you have on the face of JacksonVanik itself the statement: We will not give mostfavorednation treatment to a country that denies its citizens the right to emigrate. and that is what is happening when they cannot board El Al planes that would be provided for them. This is a matter of the utmost importance. Mr.
Keywords matched
emigrate

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
ARLEN SPECTER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
1990-02-26
Speech ID
1010123959
Paragraph
#0
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