Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Iraqi FM Delivers Saddam's Message to Iranian President
Visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister NajiSabri on Monday submitted a message from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Khatami, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister NajiSabri on Monday submitted a message from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Khatami, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The report did not give any details of the message, which was conveyed during a meeting between Khatami and Sabri.
In the talks, Khatami urged Iraq to "adopt appropriate policy to help resolve the current crisis peacefully and remove any pretext for possible conflict in the region."
Sabri was quoted as replying that "Iraq is exercising full cooperation with the United Nations arms inspectors."
The Iraqi foreign minister arrived here Sunday afternoon on an unscheduled visit.
During the talks between Sabri and his Iranian counterpart Kamal Kharrazi on Sunday, Kharrazi warned that "Iraq's full compliance with the UN Security Council resolutions is the last chance to resolve the crisis."
Sabri promised that "Iraq will extend the best cooperation to the UN arms inspectors".