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Ivanov: Iraq Should Accept New WMD Inspection Teams
Thursday, September 19, 2002
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov gestures to make a point with reporters outside the Pentagon Sept. 19, 2002. Ivanov, visiting with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, maintained that Iraq should unconditionally accept new weapons of mass destruction search teams.
Image Credit: Gerry J. Gilmore -- AFIS.

Ivanov remarked it's not his business to decide whether new U.N. resolutions are needed against Iraq, "but I think we should send the inspectors there."

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov today opined here that his country and the United States could successfully perform any renewed inspections for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

U.S Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Ivanov were approached by reporters while entering the Pentagon River Entrance after a military welcoming ceremony for the Russian leader. Rumsfeld quietly stood nearby as Ivanov emphasized to reporters that Iraq should unconditionally receive new, international, WMD inspection teams.

America and Russia, he remarked, are both experienced in looking for WMDs and could "easily establish" whether Iraq possesses chemical, biological and nuclear WMDs. Ivanov added he believed new inspection teams could uncover weaponry Iraq is required to give up under agreements it signed to end the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War.
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