Russia Says U.S. Draft on Iraq Needs Serious Work

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TASHKENT (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said on Friday a U.S.-backed draft resolution seeking broader international help in postwar Iraq "still needs further, very serious work."

Ivanov, speaking at a regional cooperation meeting in the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan, said the U.S. proposal went some way to re-establishing the central role of the United Nations in solving Iraq's problems.

"The U.S. draft resolution shows some movement toward these principles," he told a news conference. "But, naturally, for them to be reflected fully, this document still needs further, very serious work."

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[Capt_Nemo]

1. He means:

"We need to know if the slice of Iraqi oil reserves is right sized,
and we want some guaratees better than lip service that the US
will keep its part of the bargain."
In fact I think he is playing this game in tandem with the french.

The sound you hear, my friends, is of the neo-con dreams of global hegemony crumbling.

Unka Dick and Werewolfowitz will be pissed.