Iraqi Minister of information, Mohammad Saeed Al Sahaf, who is visiting Islamabad as Special Envoy of President Saddam Hussain, called on the President Musharraf today. The Iraqi Special Envoy said that he had been directed by President Saddam to brief President Musharraf on Iraq's efforts to comply with U.N.Security Council Resolutions. He informed the President that Iraq was determined to fully Cooperate with the U.N. inspection regime. Iraq requested that Pakistan would take this into account during Security council deliberations. He also mentioned that Iraq would be destroying its Al Samoud II missiles in response to UNMOVIC's demand. The President informed the Special Envoy that Pakistan was in favour of a peaceful resolution of the problem. He urged the Iraqi leadership to take all steps necessary to avoid a conflict. It was most important for Iraq to cooperate in a manner which is seen to be complete and expeditious by the inspectors.
Keeping track of the moves and countermoves in the diplowarfare is harder than keeping track of military operations. There are too many fronts and too many flanks... |