Bush, Blair and Aznar to Hold Iraq Crisis Summit

World | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00

President George W Bush is to have emergency talks with British and Spanish leaders on Sunday amid diplomatic deadlock at the UN Security Council over their plans for disarming Iraq. The three countries co-sponsored a draft resolution that would have given Baghdad until next Monday to disarm or face a US-led war. But despite frantic diplomatic efforts, they have so far failed to win backing for their position, while France and Russia have threatened to veto any resolution that authorises war. In another development as the US military build-up continues for a possible war in which Arab support would be desirable, Bush announced that a road map for peace between Israel and the Palestinians would be published soon.

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