Oman: Baghdad will not be bombarded from our lands; Iraq, UN discussions
Iraq-Oman, Politics, 5/3/2002

Iraqi diplomats and experts on Thursday met with UN representatives in the course of continued discussions started since two days on the return of UN inspectors to Iraq.

The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the Iraqi foreign minister on Wednesday held discussions in two round of talks that lasted for two hours. Today ( Friday) morning, Annan and Sabri will be meeting. The Iraqi experts delegation was headed by the two advisors for the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein -- Dia' Jaafar who is specialized in nuclear weapons and the Gen. Ameer al- Saadi who is specialized in chemical and biological weapons.

On the other hand, the Omani minister of state for foreign affairs Youssef Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah -- in a statement to the London- based al-Sharq al-Awsat issued on Thursday -- ruled out any cooperation with the US in the context of the possibility of a military operation against Iraq, opposed strongly by the Sultanate of Oman.

The Omani minister said: "We will not permit striking any Arab state from Oman." He reiterated Muscat's objection to any military operation Washington threatens to launch against Iraq under pretexts that Iraq develops mass destruction weapons. He added that differences between countries are solved by negotiations and understanding.

He warned Washington against the grave consequences of another adventure in the Middle East, in remarks to the policy pursued by the US in the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, which is strongly criticized by the Arabs.

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