Qatar's FM talks in Baghdad
Qatar-Iraq, Politics, 8/28/2002

The Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem al-Thani said on Tuesday that his country is relentlessly seeking to avoid the region any military act against Iraq.

The Qatari minister told reporters after his meeting with the Iraqi officials that his country hopes from the Iraqis to take necessary measures concerning UN resolutions, and simultaneously noted that Baghdad has a view point that should be directly discussed with the UN.

Sheikh Hamad explained that Iraq wants to co-operate with the UN but it has doubts.

Sheikh Hamad indicated that there are positive atmospheres but these should be completed and studied by specialists being in the UN or in Iraq, more deeply.

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