RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 220, Part I, 13 November 2000
RUSSIA PRESSES TO END SANCTIONS ON BAGHDAD. Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told UNMOVIC chairman Hans Blix in Moscow on 10 November that Moscow wants to work closely with that organization, ITAR-TASS reported. Meanwhile, a Russian plane carrying Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader Vladimir Zhirinovskii and a number of doctors landed in Baghdad on 10 November, INA reported. Representatives of the pro-Kremlin Unity party also flew to Iraq the same day to participate in a conference calling for an end to sanctions on that country, Interfax reported. Russian trade officials said Moscow is prepared to help restore the Iraqi economy, Interfax said. And Russia's ambassador to Iraq Aleksandr Shein said that the value of Russian commodity deliveries to Iraq have exceeded $500 million during the last six months. PG
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