Moscow decides to run air trips to Baghdad, Kuwait comments

At the time in which Russia took a new step that assures Moscow's seriousness concerning ending up the sanctions by running air trips to Baghdad, Sheik Saud Naser El-Sabah, the Kuwait oil minister said that the international community will not stand silent toward Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's threats.

The Kuwaiti minister assured in an interview to the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rae al-Aam yesterday that the US, the UK and France will not allow Baghdad's refusal to UN resolution N 1284 as long as Saddam rebuilds weapons of mass destruction with the help of sides " that I do not want to name it now."

Concerning Iraq's allegation that Kuwait stole Iraqi oil, the Kuwaiti oil minister said that these are lies that we heard over and over again and it is related to a well that is an extension to a joint field between Kuwait and Iraq and is inside Kuwait and its production is very limited that does not exceed 43,000 barrels daily.