Gulf War II: Iraq 2003
France, Germany and Russia
France and Russia, two of five permanent members of the
Security Council with veto powers, said that they would vote against a
draft resolution proposed by the US, UK and Spain authorising the use
of force against Iraq. The French President Jacques Chirac said
that the war on Iraq would lead to a development of terrorism and will
break up the world's anti-terrorist coalition. Russian Foreign Minister
Igor Ivanov said
that the draft resolution contained impossible demands that contradict
Resolution 1441.
France, Germany and Russia offered a counter-proposal
which was presented as a memorandum. The
memorandum called for continuing inspections and for aerial surveillance
of Iraq and 'full and effective' disarmament of Iraq to be achieved 'peacefully
through the inspection regime'. They argued that more time was needed
for the weapons inspectors to complete their job.
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