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Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan announced today, Sunday,that Iraq refuses to back down from its decision to stop cooperating with disarmament inspectors before its demands are met.
Iraqi Vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan announced today, Thursday, that Iraq rejects cooperating with the United Nations except on the issue of lifting the blockade imposed upon it since the year 1990.
Ramadan told reporters in Baghdad that ”Iraq cannot deal positively with whoever represents the Security Council unless there was a clear
stance on the issue of lifting the blockade off of it.
Baghdad had decided late last October to completely cease cooperating with the inspectors of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM), in charge of disarming Iraq’s weapons, and whose work became very limited since the fifth of August, and announced it will not resume its cooperation with the Commission even if it were subjected to a military operation.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov, warned today, Wednesday against using force against Iraq, which will destroy, according to him, seven years of difficult diplomatic work and will complicate the regional situation in the area.
Ivanov contended that carrying out air strikes against Iraq, who refuses to cooperate with the United Nations inspectors, “will end the tremendous work achieved by the international group during the past seven years and will complicate the situation in the region.”
Nevertheless, Ivanov stressed that Baghdad must resume working with the Special Commission in charge of disarming the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (UNSCOM).