Igor Ivanov
Igor Ivanov
Igor Sergeyevich Ivanovis a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 September 1945
CountryRussian Federation
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will help activate the political mediation of the situation in that country with an active role of the United Nations.
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We speak in the same voice with the United States because Washington, too, is interested to stop the spiraling of tension and normalizing the situation in the region. It is important not only that we speak in the same voice but that we also act in coordination with one another, which Russia is in favor of,
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Nobody has the right to act on their own in the name of the United Nations and even less to pretend to be the judge of the entire world,
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Must the UNMOVIC and IAEA inspectors continue their work in Iraq in the interest of a political settlement? Have all the necessary conditions to that end been met? Russia answers yes to that question. The conditions are there. The inspectors must continue their inspections. And this is a position shared by the overwhelming majority of states in the world, including within the Security Council of the United Nations.
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Say another terrorist turned up in London, Bin Laden ... and he were to announce that new terrorist attacks were forthcoming against civilian sites in the United States,
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If the United States unilaterally begins military action in relation to Iraq, it would violate the U.N. Charter and, of course, when the U.N. Charter is violated, the Security Council must gather, discuss the situation and make the corresponding decisions,
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without any artificial delays, without any artificial obstacles.
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Our common goal is to ensure that Iraq should not have weapons of mass destruction, ... It must be attained on the basis of the U.N. Security Council's resolution No. 1441. All other goals go beyond the limits of our interests.
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I think only facts alone should corroborate this. In order to get the facts, we need to bring about the speedy return of the inspectors to Iraq.
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We will consider any new resolutions that support the weapons inspectors' work. But we will not support any resolutions that directly or indirectly authorize using force against Iraq,
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who should give a clear answer to the question of whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction or not.
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We are worried about pressure being put on inspectors by certain circles in Washington,
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We are comfortable that Syria is actively participating in the implementation of the resolution relevant to the investigation into the assassination of the former premier.
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We aren't hiding anything, ... We're prepared to completely inform the U.N. secretary-general and world community of how things really stand.