Iraq accuses Saudi Arabia and Kuwait of aiding in U.S and U.K raids
Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 9/11/2000

Iraq accused Saudi Arabia and Kuwait yesterday of using their airfield for the aggression on its land by British and U.S jet fighters.

Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed Saeed El-Sahaf asked in a message to secretary general of the Arab league Esmat Abd El-Miguid to intercede with Saudi Arab and Kuwait to stop the launching of the British and the U.S jet fighters from their lands or passing through their airfields.

El-Sahaf assured Iraq's keeping to his full right according to the international law in defending itself in addition to asking these countries for compensations for the financial and human losses due to these assaults.

In the same time, Iraq said yesterday that it will grant the landing airplanes in Saddam International Airport exemptions and fees as well as services cost reduction in appreciation to their stances in running air trips to Iraq in breaking the imposed air embargo on it in the time in which non governmental humanitarian organizations in France want to make an air trip from Paris to Baghdad on 29th of current September.

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