| Monday, November 12, 2001, updated at 08:41(GMT+8) |
Iraq Remains Strong Despite Attacks, Sanctions: Saddam |
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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said on Sunday that his country remains strong despite continued U.S. military strikes and the decade-old U.N. sanctions.
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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said on Sunday that his country remains strong despite continued U.S. military strikes and the decade-old U.N. sanctions.
Saddam made the remark in a meeting with visiting Sudanese Interior Minister Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, an envoy of Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed el-Bashir, the official INA news agency reported.
During the meeting, Saddam asked the guest to assure the Sudanese leadership and people that "Iraq is still a strong state despite the continuous U.S. aggression and the cruel embargo."
For his part, Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein reaffirmed the Sudanese government's support for "Iraq's fair battle against the U.S. and Israel and lifting the embargo."
He also conveyed to Saddam a letter from President el-Bashir on bilateral relationship and ways to enhance it, the news agency added.
In the letter, President el-Bashir voiced his hope to "continue consultation and negotiation with Iraq to expand fields of bilateral cooperation and boost coordination on issues of common interest."
Sudan has called for ending the U.N. embargo imposed for Iraq's 1990 invasion of neighboring Kuwait.
Iraq has been subject to the stringent embargo and repeated U.S. military strikes over the past decade.
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