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Monday, 10 March 2003
FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS RUSSIA WILL VETO IRAQ RESOLUTION
By empty (3/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Igor Ivanov on 10 March told journalists before his departure for Tehran that Russia will not support the amended draft UN Security Council resolution on Iraq submitted by the United States, Great Britain, and Spain, RIA-Novosti and other Russian news agencies reported. \"If [the resolution] is submitted to the UN Security Council, Russia will vote against it,\" Ivanov said. He added that the resolution contains \"ultimatums\" for Baghdad that are unenforceable and contradict themessage formulated in UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
Igor Ivanov on 10 March told journalists before his departure for Tehran that Russia will not support the amended draft UN Security Council resolution on Iraq submitted by the United States, Great Britain, and Spain, RIA-Novosti and other Russian news agencies reported. \"If [the resolution] is submitted to the UN Security Council, Russia will vote against it,\" Ivanov said. He added that the resolution contains \"ultimatums\" for Baghdad that are unenforceable and contradict themessage formulated in UN Security Council Resolution 1441. In Tehran, Ivanov is expected to meet with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi to discuss policy coordination regarding Iraq, details of the possible evacuation of Russian citizens from Iraq through Iran, and the situation in Afghanistan. (BBC)