RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 221, Part I, 14 November 2000
IVANOV IN BAGHDAD. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov arrived in the Iraqi capital on 13 November at the start of a seven-day tour of the Middle East. He immediately called for concrete measures toward lifting the UN embargo on Iraq within what he called the "framework of a resumption of international inspections" in Iraq. The next day, RIA quoted Ivanov as saying that current international policies of sanctions and military pressure on Iraq have caused only human suffering and that "one should not only demand that Iraq make good on decisions taken by the international community but also create favorable conditions for it to do so." Ivanov urged the international community to "drop old stereotypes and start looking for ways to solve the problem constructively while taking into account the interests of all Gulf states." JC
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