Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 4/9/2001
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of April 9, 2001
- Russia opposes measures against Iraq
The Russian deputy foreign minister Vaselli Seridin has asserted that Russia firmly opposes the illegal practices against Iraq and the interference in the affairs of a sovereign state. Iraq-Russia, Politics, 4/10/2001 - Iraqi president and the Arab states
The Iraqi dailies on Monday quoted the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as saying that several Arab states have started to reconsider their calculations and positions towards Iraq under the pressure of two factors: the pressure of their Arab masses and the pressure of national interests. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 4/10/2001 - Austria to increase its imports of Iraqi crude oil
The trade chancellor at the Austrian embassy in Baghdad Franz Shreodher said on Monday that Austria wants to increase its imports of crude oil from Iraq, according to the oil-for-food agreement with the UN. Iraq-Austria, Economics, 4/10/2001 - Baghdad is ready to cooperate with the Jordanian King to settle the differences between Iraq and Kuwait
Iraq has announced its readiness to cooperate with the Jordanian King Abdullah II in the contacts the latter intends to make concerning relations between Iraq and Kuwait, in implementation of what was agreed upon at Amman's summit. However, Iraq had accused both Saudi Arabia and Kuwaiti of intensifying the atmosphere in the region. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 4/9/2001 - Three gunmen killed on the borders between Iraq and Iran
An official at the Baath Party in Iraq said on Sunday that three gunmen who sneaked to Iraq by the end of March in the southern part of the country near the border with Iraq were killed. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 4/9/2001