Indonesia reprises commitment to help end Iraq sanctions<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday reiterated his
\nrecent commitment to help end United Nations economic sanctions
\nthat have beleaguered Iraq for the past four-years when he
\nreceived a delegation of the Iraqi parliament.<\/p>\n
\"President Soeharto...as a friend and chairman of the Non-
\nAligned Movement (NAM) has promised to do all that he possibly
\ncan,\" said Sa'di Mahdi the head of the four-person delegation
\nafter meeting the President at Merdeka palace.<\/p>\n
Yesterday's meeting came on the heels of Iraqi Foreign
\nMinister Mohammad Said al-Sahaf's visit here, who less then three
\ndays ago, as special envoy to Saddam Hussein, conveyed a similar
\nmessage to help end the economic sanctions imposed during the
\n1991 Gulf war.<\/p>\n
To al-Sahaf, President Soeharto pledged Indonesia and NAM's
\nsupport.<\/p>\n
Speaker of the House of Representatives Wahono who was also
\npresent at yesterday's meeting echoed Soeharto's response saying
\nthat Indonesia has responded positively to Iraq's request.<\/p>\n
According to Wahono, during the less then one hour meeting,
\nSoeharto explained that the efforts to stop the sanctions would
\nbe done through the NAM caucus at the U.N. Security Council and
\nthe NAM Bureau in New York.<\/p>\n
The NAM caucus consist of member states who also hold a non-
\npermanent seat at the Security Council -- Algeria, Djibouti,
\nPakistan, Rwanda and Oman.<\/p>\n
Apart from the efforts conducted at the U.N., Wahono also
\nsignaled a direct approach involving the country which he
\nperceived as primarily responsible for the continued
\nimplementation of the sanctions.<\/p>\n
\"Since the embargo concerns the interest of certain nations on
\nthe Security Council among them the United States, we will then
\npromptly try to conduct talks with President Clinton,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Mahdi stated that his country has fulfilled all the demands
\nstipulated within the U.N. resolution but still it has not been
\nlifted.<\/p>\n
\"The prolonged implementation of sanctions have gone beyond
\nthe boundaries humanity,\" he said describing the adverse effects
\nof the embargo on the Iraqi people.(07)<\/p>",
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