Iraq Thursday delivered a letter from Foreign Minister Naji Sabri to chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix, which welcomed talks with Blix and his experts.

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"All these changes or amendments are cosmetic ones to make the ugly face of this resolution look better, " said Naji Sabri, state minister for foreign affairs.

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Iraq's foreign minister, Naji Sabri, has described the draft resolution presented by America as akin to a declaration of war on both Baghdad and the UN.

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The letter from the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Naji Sabri, was sent to Mr Annan on Thursday inviting the chief inspector, Hans Blix, for what was called "technical talks".

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Drumheller said that, before the U.S.-led attack on Iraq in 2003, the White House "ignored crucial information" from Iraq's foreign minister, Naji Sabri, that indicated Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.

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In an interview with an Arabic newspaper, Al-Hayat, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Naji Sabri, said he did not dispute the good faith of the French and Germans in putting forward their initiative, supported by Russia.

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