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.Russian FM surprised at MI6 chief's charges over Iraq.
ITAR-TASS overnight news cycle for December 19 - 2.
.Russian FM surprised at MI6 chief's charges over Iraq.
MOSCOW, December 19 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry has
voiced surprise over claims by the chief of the British intelligence a
peace solution of the Iraqi problem was upset due to Russia's economic
interests.
"Mr. Sawers's statement has caused surprise in Moscow, to say the
least," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on
Friday. "There is a good old saying about putting one's blame at somebody
else's door."
The Russian diplomat was commenting on a statement by the chief of
MI6, John Sawers, made during public hearings devoted to the investigation
of the circumstances that led to the beginning of the war in Iraq.
Nesterenko said "the smart sanctions the British proposed in the
summer of 2001 failed to bring about any significant improvement in the
catastrophic position of the Iraqi population."
"In fact, they were aimed at perpetuating the regimen on sanctions on
the excuse Iraq went ahead with its work on prohibited weapons of mass
destruction programs," Nesterenko said. "Whenever the Iraqi issue was
discussed in the UN Security Council, we stated that the Council should
not be guided by unverified rumors about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass
destruction capability when making decisions on new sanctions against that
state. At the summit level, too, we said more than once that Russia had no
authentic proof Iraq had nuclear weapons."
"Instead of that Russia suggested dealing with the problem on the
merits, for instance, to send UN inspectors to Iraq and to make a decision
on the basis of their findings, but Moscow' s opinion was ignored by the
US and British leaderships. Nor did they hear our warnings a war in Iraq
would inevitably bring about dire consequences."
"As far as Russia's economic interests are concerned, which, if Sawers
is to be believed, are to blame for the disruption of a peaceful solution
of the Iraqi problem, we would like to ask in return: 'What sort of
interests were the allies in the coalition guided by when they went to war
in Iraq?' Nesterenko said.
.Russian FM surprised at MI6 chief's charges over Iraq.
MOSCOW, December 19 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry has
voiced surprise over claims by the chief of the British intelligence a
peace solution of the Iraqi problem was upset due to Russia's economic
interests.
"Mr. Sawers's statement has caused surprise in Moscow, to say the
least," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on
Friday. "There is a good old saying about putting one's blame at somebody
else's door."
The Russian diplomat was commenting on a statement by the chief of
MI6, John Sawers, made during public hearings devoted to the investigation
of the circumstances that led to the beginning of the war in Iraq.
Nesterenko said "the smart sanctions the British proposed in the
summer of 2001 failed to bring about any significant improvement in the
catastrophic position of the Iraqi population."
"In fact, they were aimed at perpetuating the regimen on sanctions on
the excuse Iraq went ahead with its work on prohibited weapons of mass
destruction programs," Nesterenko said. "Whenever the Iraqi issue was
discussed in the UN Security Council, we stated that the Council should
not be guided by unverified rumors about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass
destruction capability when making decisions on new sanctions against that
state. At the summit level, too, we said more than once that Russia had no
authentic proof Iraq had nuclear weapons."
"Instead of that Russia suggested dealing with the problem on the
merits, for instance, to send UN inspectors to Iraq and to make a decision
on the basis of their findings, but Moscow' s opinion was ignored by the
US and British leaderships. Nor did they hear our warnings a war in Iraq
would inevitably bring about dire consequences."
"As far as Russia's economic interests are concerned, which, if Sawers
is to be believed, are to blame for the disruption of a peaceful solution
of the Iraqi problem, we would like to ask in return: 'What sort of
interests were the allies in the coalition guided by when they went to war
in Iraq?' Nesterenko said.
