Japan Urges Iraq to Prove Nonexistence of Weapons Program

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Japan Urges Iraq to Prove Nonexistence of Weapons Program

Japan will continue to urge Iraq to prove to the world it has no program for weapons of mass destruction, Kyodo News reported Thursday.

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Japan will continue to urge Iraq to prove to the world it has no program for weapons of mass destruction, Kyodo News reported Thursday.

Senior Vice Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, referring to the UN Security Council's decision to continue weapons inspections in Iraq, said Japan will pay close attention to international movements over Iraq.

"The situation is currently moving at this moment, so we would like to pay close attention to those movements in order to make appropriate judgments at an appropriate time," Motegi was quoted by Kyodo.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell is scheduled to deliver whatthe United States calls new intelligence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to the Security Council next Wednesday, Kyodo said.

According to Kyodo, the US has warned it will lead a military attack on Iraq if it judges that Baghdad has failed to comply withthe UN resolutions to disarm.

Japan is also making diplomatic efforts aimed at a peaceful solution to the Iraqi situation, Motegi said.

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