Top Russian diplomat pushes for U.N. weapons inspectors' return to Iraq

[Judi Lynn]

Top Russian diplomat pushes for U.N. weapons inspectors' return to Iraq

Friday, November 21, 2003

(11-21) 03:58 PST MOSCOW (AP) --

A senior Russian diplomat said United Nations inspectors should continue their search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov, Russia's diplomatic point man on Iraq, said that the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, or UNMOVIC, must resume its work in Iraq until it makes a definitive conclusion on whether the country possesses forbidden weapons.

"It is necessary to make a decision on issues relating to Iraqi weapons of mass destruction," Fedotov said, according to the Interfax news agency. "This can be done with the help of mechanisms established by the U.N. Security Council, in particular, through UNMOVIC."

Fedotov said he was heading Friday to an UNMOVIC meeting in New York, where a draft version of the commission's report to the U.N. Security Council will be discussed. (snip/...)

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[bemildred]

1. Not going away, is it?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. WTF!! Where the heck else can they search???