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Article: UAE: NO REASON FOR UNITED STATES TO STRIKE IRAQ.(United Arab Emirates)(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- February 17, 2002
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There is "no reason" for a US strike on Iraq, a top-ranking Emirati official said on Sunday, amidst mounting concern in the region that Baghdad is a likely target in Washington's campaign on terror, according to AFP. "The United Arab Emirates thinks there is no reason for a strike against Iraq," Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Saif Said bin Saad said, quoted by Al-Ittihad newspaper. "But the Emirates also urges Iraq to apply international resolutions and release Kuwaiti prisoners," he added. Saad spoke during a meeting on Saturday with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov, in Abu Dhabi as part of a Gulf tour. Sultanov claimed Moscow was trying to convince ...