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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on goods that may be used for humanitarian problems in Iraq.
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On some aspects of this question, our opinions coincide, but there are many complicated issues which still remain to be worked out together, ... Our opinion (is) that all sides should refrain from any action which would further complicate the situation and further complicate the work that we are trying to carry out together.
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Certain developments in Russian politics and foreign policy in recent months have given us pause,
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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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must be searched for through dialogue, including with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Maybe by color, maybe by number, maybe something else.
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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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There is a process of real disarmament under way.
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There are no issues that cannot be resolved through dialogue and compromise on the basis of existing legislation and the constitution,
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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 live in hope and Russia will do everything it can to ensure that as a result of these talks international security will be strengthened and no harm will be done to anyone's interests,
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NATO continues, using ultimatums, to insist Belgrade and the entire international community accept the alliance's demands.
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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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If in the coming days the situation does not change, we need to take additional extraordinary measures, including at the highest level,