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Russia slams ban on participation in reconstruction of Iraq
Beijing, April 04: Russia today reacted to a US decision to bar Russian companies from taking part in US-funded reconstruction of Iraq, saying that post-war Iraq was up to the United Nations and not the United States.
Beijing, April 04: Russia today reacted to a US decision to bar Russian companies from taking part in US-funded reconstruction of Iraq, saying that post-war Iraq was up
to the United Nations and not the United States.
"The forms and standards of Iraqi reconstruction should not be decided by the US Congress, but by the United Nations," Russian deputy foreign minister Yuri Fedotov told a briefing in Beijing.
Fedotov was meeting with the press after two days of talks with the Chinese foreign ministry about the Iraq issue. He spoke just hours after the US House of Representatives passed a supplementary budget amendment excluding Russia, France, Germany and Syria from taking part in US-funded reconstruction bids in Iraq.
Fedotov was meeting with the press after two days of talks with the Chinese foreign ministry about the Iraq issue. He spoke just hours after the US House of Representatives passed a supplementary budget amendment excluding Russia, France, Germany and Syria from taking part in US-funded reconstruction bids in Iraq.
The measure, motivated by the countries' opposition to the US-led war in Iraq, would even bar access by the four countries to information on reconstruction bids in Iraq.
Bureau Report