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http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=3071030&startrow=1&date=2003-03-01&do_alert=0 Russian Information Agency March 2, 2003 STATE DUMA SPEAKER: RUSSIA WILL NOT HAVE TO APPLY ITS RIGHT TO VETO IN RESPECT OF IRAQ TUNIS, 1 March 2003. /from RIA Novosti correspondent Galina Filippova/. -Gennady Seleznyov, speaker of the State Duma (the lower house of Russia's parliament) believes that the debate on Iraq in the UN Security Council "will not go as far as to cause Russia to apply its veto right". The State Duma speaker made this statement at a press conference in Tunis, responding to a question from a Tunisian journalist. "I don't think things will go as far as to cause Russia to apply its right to veto in the UN Security Council. We have a general idea of the current balance of votes in the Council. The USA can count on the votes of no more than four or five countries to support its stand. Should, however, resort to the veto right become necessary, Russia will use it," Gennady Seleznyov said with confidence. According to him, "in case the Americans undertake a military attack against Iraq in circumvention of the UN Security Council, the global political configuration will undergo a radical change." Such an attack would show to the world that the United States are set to destroy the international law, the UN and the UN Security Council. "In that case the world community would have to think about setting up a new international organization capable of safeguarding the global security," Gennady Seleznyov argued. He stressed that Russia and many other countries are against letting the world being ruled by the law of the jungle when the strong may swallow up the weak at will. "We are against the global chaos". Gennady Seleznyov also emphasized that Russia's approach is shared by such countries as France, Germany and Belgium. "I am certain that over 90 percent of all countries of the world support Russia's position." Responding to a Tunisian journalist's request to comment on the proposal that Saddam Hussein should relinquish his post as Iraq's leader, Gennady Seleznyov answered that "the proposal was plain stupid". "It is the people of a country who elect their leaders. Outsiders have no right to demand that a leader should relinquish his powers. It is an inalienable right of every sovereign state to independently resolve all problems pertaining to its leadership," Gennady Seleznyov said and added: "How many US Presidents have disliked Fidel Castro? They managed to live with it, however." __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
