Last Update: Saturday, August 30, 2003.
3:46pm (AEST)
Putin prepares post-war Iraq draft UN resolution
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, says his
government has prepared a draft new United Nations resolution on post-war
Iraq.
President Putin says the United States has suffered
considerable moral and financial losses in Iraq.
He says the resolution, which could be put to the UN
Security Council, is aimed at reinforcing an international presence to
rebuild the war-torn country.
Washington has been opposed to the idea of a
UN-sponsored multinational force in Iraq, but has recently softened its
position as it seeks support for its peacekeeping mission there.
Mr Putin says he has discussed the issue with the US
Secretary of State, Colin Powell, and says their respective positions are
getting closer.
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