DATE=11/14/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-241682
TITLE=RUSSIA-IRAQ (S)
BYLINE=PETER HEINLEIN
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: RUSSIA HAS HAILED THE IRAQI CLIMBDOWN OVER U-N WEAPONS
INSPECTIONS AS A VICTORY FOR DIPLOMACY. V-O-A'S PETER HEINLEIN
HAS DETAILS FROM MOSCOW.
TEXT: RUSSIA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VIKTOR POSUVALYUK
DESCRIBES IRAQ'S AGREEMENT TO RESUME COOPERATION WITH U-N WEAPONS
INSPECTORS AS AN IMPORTANT STEP THAT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR
MILITARY FORCE.
MR. POSUVALYUK -- WHO HELPED MEDIATE BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS
AND IRAQ DURING AN EARLIER CONFRONTATION -- SAID RUSSIAN
DIPLOMACY WAS A DECISIVE FACTOR IN PERSUADING IRAQI PRESIDENT
SADDAM HUSSEIN TO BACK AWAY FROM A SHOWDOWN OVER INSPECTIONS.
THURSDAY, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN SENT A MESSAGE TO THE
IRAQI LEADER URGING HIM TO BACK DOWN. MR. YELTSIN ALSO SENT A
LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON CALLING FOR RESTRAINT IN THE USE OF
MILITARY FORCE.
IRAQ'S U-N AMBASSADOR NIZAR HAMDUN SATURDAY NOTED THE RUSSIAN
LEADER'S ROLE IN WHAT HE CALLED TRYING TO REACH OUT TO A
SITUATION WHERE IRAQ'S POINT-OF-VIEW GETS PROMOTED. (SIGNED).
NEB/PH/TMD-T/SD
14-Nov-98 4:47 PM EST (2147 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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