No stability in UN-Iraq relations without progress toward embargo lifting
Iraq-Morocco, Politics, 11/20/1998

It is impossible to see stability in relations between Iraq and the United Nations without a progress towards lifting the eight-year long embargo on Iraq, the spokesman of the Moroccan government said on Thursday.

"Stability of relations between Iraq and the security council is impossible in the absence of a progress towards lifting the embargo imposed on Baghdad and without restoring its international role with all its rights as a state enjoying sovereignty over its resources and territory," said Khalid Alioua, who is also minister of social development, solidarity, employment and vocational training.

Alioua told the Voice of America (VOA) radio that "it is inconceivable that a sovereign state endowed with various potentials cannot meet the basic needs of its inhabitants."

"No state, whatever weight and influence it has, can substitute the international organization and take unilateral actions, especially when it comes to peace keeping," he said.

To a question on a possible Arab plan to settle the Iraq-U.N. crisis, Alioua said the Arab states agreed on the need to peacefully settle the issue.

For Alioua, the Arab diplomacy "is not in a situation to take efficient actions. This requires the settlement of inter-Arab conflicts and the establishment of an atmosphere favoring the development of cooperation."

The minister also expressed Morocco's satisfaction over the diplomatic solution to the recent crisis between Iraq and the U.N.

"We are happy at this solution and are hopeful that it will pave the way for more significant developments," he said.

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