Russia warns of grave consequences of the war against Iraq

The Russian foreign ministry has warned that the American military operations against Iraq are of grave consequences for the Middle East region and the world as a whole.

In a statement issued yesterday, Sergy Rosove stressed following his talks in Budapest yesterday the need of reaching an urgent political solution for the Iraqi question, stemmed from the principles of the UN charter and international law.

For his part the Russian deputy foreign minister Yuri Vitodov stressed that his country wants to debate the Iraqi issue once again at the UN Security Council and that the UN council will make the political and legal assessment of the situation.