US-German Disputes over Iraq Be Part of 'Past': Powell

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US-German Disputes over Iraq Be Part of 'Past': Powell

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Germany and US should put the differences over Iraq issue behind them and concentrate on the future.

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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Germany and US should put the differences over Iraq issue behind them and concentrate on the future.

"The differences of opinions of yesterday are part of the past--not forgotten, but in the past. Let's look forward now," he said in an interview with the ARD that was published Sunday.

The German government delivered the message during his visit inBerlin last Friday that it was willing to work together with the United States to make the UN Security Council pass a new Iraq resolution on lifting sanctions against the country, Powell said.

"It is a new resolution for a new situation," he noted.

He said he believed that the two governments would reach a consensus on the resolution "in very near future."

Powell praised Germany's role in the war against terrorism.

Germany has "especially strongly" supported the global war against terror, he said.

The country conducted arrests linked with terrorism, destroyed terrorist networks, extinguished along with US financial canals ofterrorist networks and participated in the information exchange ofsecret service, he noted.

German Defense Minister Peter Struck considered the "ice age" of bilateral relations "ended" after Powell's visit.

Powell's visit to Germany was the first by a high-ranking US official after the two countries drifted apart due to disputes over US-led war on Iraq.

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