RUSSIA TO SUPPORT IRAQ PLEA TO RENEW U.N. MANDATE
RosBusinessConsulting
Oct 21, 2008
Russia
RBC, 21.10.2008, Yerevan 10:18:07.Russia intends to support
Iraq’s request to the U.N. Security Council to extend the mandate
of international forces in Iraq, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov said in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, the Mayak radio
station reported.
The Iraqi government is now in talks with the U.S. on defense
cooperation that would create a legal basis allowing U.S. troops to
stay in Iraq after December 31, 2008, when their U.N. mandate is set
to expire.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress