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Don`t rule out force against Iraq, Blair tells EU
Brussels, Feb 13: British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged his European Union partners, in a letter ahead of an emergency EU summit next week, not to rule out force against Iraq, diplomats said today.
Brussels, Feb 13: British Prime Minister Tony Blair
has urged his European Union partners, in a letter ahead of an
emergency EU summit next week, not to rule out force against
Iraq, diplomats said today.
"While we all of course regard military action as a last
resort, we must make clear that no (EU) member state rules it
out if needed to uphold the authority of the (UN) Security
Council," Blair wrote, according to EU diplomats.
The letter was sent yesterday to Greek Prime Minister
Costas Simitis, whose country currently holds the EU
presidency, with a copy to the other 13 EU capitals, ahead of
the summit on Monday, the officials said.
Bureau Report