Thursday, May 22, 2003
OH, MY! THEY APPROVE!
The BBC reports that France now thinks coalition plans to end sanctions on Iraq are okay:
France, Germany and Russia have announced they will vote for a US resolution to end United Nations sanctions on Iraq.
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin [who is, as has been pointed out by Axis of Weasels, not a woman] said the three countries wanted the proposals to go further, but would still back them.
. . .The resolution, co-sponsored by the UK and Spain, envisages the US-led coalition running Iraq until a recognised government takes over in Baghdad. . .
Mr de Villepin said the US, Britain and Spain had "listened to their partners" and the latest draft was the "result of a compromise".
"Even if this text does not go as far as we would like we have decided to vote for this resolution," he said. . .
My wife joked that Paris (which is competing with New York and London) must REALLY want the 2012 Olympics VERY badly.
¶ by Robert, Thursday, May 22, 2003
The BBC reports that France now thinks coalition plans to end sanctions on Iraq are okay:
France, Germany and Russia have announced they will vote for a US resolution to end United Nations sanctions on Iraq.
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin [who is, as has been pointed out by Axis of Weasels, not a woman] said the three countries wanted the proposals to go further, but would still back them.
. . .The resolution, co-sponsored by the UK and Spain, envisages the US-led coalition running Iraq until a recognised government takes over in Baghdad. . .
Mr de Villepin said the US, Britain and Spain had "listened to their partners" and the latest draft was the "result of a compromise".
"Even if this text does not go as far as we would like we have decided to vote for this resolution," he said. . .
My wife joked that Paris (which is competing with New York and London) must REALLY want the 2012 Olympics VERY badly.
¶ by Robert, Thursday, May 22, 2003
