Moussa: Renominating Ekeus creates a lot of question marks

Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa yesterday depicted nominating Rolf Ekeus to head the new international weapons inspection committee in Iraq as stirring up a lot of question marks.

Moussa said that coming back to the old names which assumed such missions is not required in light of the crisis that were created by those names.

In answering journalists questions concerning Annan's nomination of Ekeus, who had previously served as the chairman of the UNSCOM inspection group, Moussa said, "This subject stirs up a lot of questions," adding that international and Arabic public opinion demands clarifications concerning the continuity to economic sanctions on Iraq indefinitely, in addition to demanding clarifications concerning suspending the sanctions and its conditions in light of the confusion surrounding the general atmosphere concerning the Iraqi issue.