Putin schickt Primakov in geheimer Mission nach Bagdad

Geschrieben von IT Oma am 23. Februar 2003 22:01:03:

Putin Sends Primakov To
Baghdad On Secret Mission
IRIBNews.com
2-23-3

BAGHDAD - Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, an Arab specialist with close ties to Iraq's President Saddam Hussein, has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source told reporters on Sunday.

The source refused to reveal Primakov's mission. However in Moscow, sources in the presidential administration told Echo Moskvy radio station that he had left on Saturday on a confidential mission on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.

Russia has consistently said that the current Iraq crisis should be resolved through diplomacy.
In January Primakov warned that a US-led war against Iraq could divide the international community on the basis of religion and lead to internal rifts in many states.
Primakov was former Soviet President mikhail Gorbachev's envoy to the Persian Gulf during the crisis of 1990-91 after Iraqi troops overran Kuwait.

His close relations with Saddam enabled him to intercede effectively in a stand-off between Iraq and the United Nations in February 1998.

The 73-year-old, who started his career as a journalist in the Middle East, is a leading authority in Russia on Arab affairs.

He headed the country's intelligence services in the 1990s and also served as foreign minister.

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