France Urges US to Disclose Information on Iraq's Weaponry

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France Urges US to Disclose Information on Iraq's Weaponry

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Paris on Tuesday called on Washington to give the United Nations arms inspectors the information that it claims to hold on Baghdad's weaponry so that the UN inspection mission in Iraq can proceed efficiently.

"It is up to the Americans to give the information to the inspectors so that they can make the best use of it. That is to say, they can compare it to what they dispose of on the ground, sothat the inspections can be as efficient as possible," said FrenchForeign Minister Dominique de Villepin on French television, France 2.

"If you want the UN inspectors to do their job, each member of the UN Security Council must share the information it disposes of with the inspectors," he said.

United States Secretary of State Colin Powell said earlier thatthe United States had reports from intelligence institutions that prove "the worst fears are justified". He said the United States will release this information in the next week if possible.

On Monday, Washington said "Iraq's time for choosing peaceful disarmament is fast coming to the end" following a formal report to the security council by chief inspectors Hans Blix and MohammedElBaradei, who demanded more time to fulfill their mission.

Powell criticized Iraq for not giving the inspectors and the international community any concrete information in answer to a host of key questions and having been and continuing to be "in material breach of all of its earlier obligations."

However, France, Russia, China and the European Union announcedthat they favor continuing inspection in Iraq.

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