DATE=11/11/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-241509
TITLE=RUSSIA/IRAQ (S ONLY)
BYLINE=PETER HEINLEIN
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: RUSSIA HAS AGAIN URGED IRAQ TO RESUME COOPERATION WITH
UNITED NATIONS WEAPONS INSPECTORS. V-O-A'S PETER HEINLEIN
REPORTS FROM MOSCOW.
TEXT: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV SAYS THE USE OF FORCE
AGAINST IRAQ COULD DESTROY YEARS OF WORK BY U-N ARMS INSPECTORS.
AT A NEWS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY, MR. IVANOV SAID AIR STRIKES WOULD
ONLY MAKE THE CRISIS WORSE. BUT HE AGAIN URGED IRAQ TO BACK DOWN
FROM ITS REFUSAL TO COOPERATE WITH WEAPONS INSPECTION TEAMS.
/// IVANOV ACT - IN RUSSIAN - FADE UNDER ///
HE SAID, "THE DECISION BY BAGHDAD TO RUPTURE ITS COOPERATION WITH
THE UNITED NATIONS MUST BE CANCELLED."
THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALSO REITERATED MOSCOW'S POSITION
THAT IRAQI COOPERATION SHOULD BE REWARDED WITH A TIMETABLE FOR
ENDING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS.
THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL HAS SAID THE EMBARGO WILL NOT BE
ENDED UNTIL INSPECTORS CERTIFY IRAQ HAS ELIMINATED ALL ITS
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. (SIGNED)
NEB/PFH/JWH
11-Nov-98 9:58 AM EST (1458 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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