Moscow Seeks End to Iraq Confrontation

World | January 16, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

Russia has sent a senior envoy to Iraq to seek to defuse the confrontation between Baghdad and Washington. Speaking on his arrival on Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov said Russia wanted to find a diplomatic and political solution to the crisis and prevent a military conflict. The visit coincides with a trip by United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix to Brussels to brief European Union leaders on the progress of his inspection teams in Iraq.

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