Posted on 07/27/2002 1:11:53 PM PDT by knighthawk
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait on Saturday warned Iraq that it should take seriously the threat of US military strikes and accept the return of UN weapons inspectors.
"Iraq has to understand, seriously, what the United States intends for it," said First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, quoted by the official Kuwaiti news agency KUNA.
"It has to approve the Security Council resolution regarding (UN) inspectors," said Sheikh Sabah, who was speaking after talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov.
Sheikh Sabah, who stressed that Kuwait was not party to the debate over possible US military action against Iraq, said his country wanted "permanent stability and security" for the Iraqi people.
"The people of Iraq and people of Kuwait are both victims of the current regime in Iraq," he said.
Saltanov told reporters: "I don't deny that we're worried about the atmosphere and we believe that the deterioration is a very serious thing.
"There has to be coordination with all our partners, European and Arab, to contribute to stopping this deterioration," Saltanov said.
"I think the most important thing now, of course, is to reach an agreement re-establishing UN inspectors in Iraq and cooperating in the field of disarmament," the Russian envoy added.
"We still think the best way to reach these aims is to continue dialogue between Baghdad and the (UN) secretary general," Kofi Annan.
Mene mene tekul upharsin.
This guy actually gets it?!
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