Posted on 07/17/2002 2:15:13 PM PDT by knighthawk
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates and Jordan said on Wednesday they opposed a US military strike on Iraq but urged Baghdad to comply with relevant UN resolutions, the official Emirati news agency WAM reported.
During talks here, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan and Jordan's King Abdullah II voiced "opposition to a military strike on Iraq, which would have grave repercussions not only in that country but also on regional security and stability," WAM said.
"At the same time, they urged Iraq to implement UN resolutions in order to spare its people further suffering" caused by UN sanctions in force for the past 12 years.
Iraq faces the threat of a US attack aimed at toppling President Saddam Hussein, whom Washington accuses of developing weapons of mass destruction.
The Jordanian monarch arrived in Abu Dhabi Wednesday from Oman, which also called for a peaceful settlement in Iraq.
"It would be preferable to continue the dialogue between Iraq and the United Nations," said Omani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, quoted by the official ONA news agency.
Sheikh Khalifa and King Abdullah II also discussed the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, expressing support for the Palestinian people's recovery of "their legitimate right to an independent state, with Jerusalem as its capital, on the basis of UN resolutions," WAM said.
UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan is currently on a private visit to Geneva.
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