RUSSIA, IRAQ TAKE STEPS TO END UN EMBARGO. Speaking on 14
November in Cairo, the next stop on his seven-day tour of the
Middle East, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told
reporters that the main result of his visit to Iraq was
"joint practical steps" aimed at lifting the UN embargo on
Baghdad and strengthening bilateral cooperation. Ivanov noted
a "very high degree of mutual understanding" between the two
countries. And he repeated Moscow's frequent call that the
U.S. and U.K. stop "violating Iraq's air space" by patrolling
the no-fly zones in southern and northern Iraq. JC
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