On this day, 34 years ago, February 22, 1991 (January 8, 1991 in the lunar calendar), the Soviet Union announced that Iraq had agreed to unconditionally withdraw all troops from Kuwait. On February 22, 1991, the spokesperson of the President of the Soviet Union announced that Iraq had agreed to withdraw its troops completely from Kuwait without conditions. On the 22nd, Bush delivered a speech saying that Iraq must withdraw its troops unconditionally before noon on the 23rd. The U.S. presidential spokesman announced specific conditions for the United States to require Iraq to withdraw troops. Iraq issued a statement on the same day rejecting the U.S. ultimatum, but continued to support the Soviet Union's peace initiative.