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Iraq: Sabri Accuses Blix of Blocking Progress in Talks The head U.N. inspector for Iraqi weapons sites blocked any opportunity for progress during last week’s talks, Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri charged yesterday (see GSN, July 9). “It was very clear that America pushed the head of the inspection team, Mr. Hans Blix, to obstruct and hinder a joint agreement,” he said after returning from the talks. Blix had attended the talks as head of the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspections Commission. The discussions failed to produce an agreement on resuming weapons inspections, which have been suspended since Iraq barred inspectors in 1998. Sabri said Blix refused to hold “meaningful discussions” on what inspections had and had not achieved from 1991 to 1998. “Without agreeing on what has not been achieved, we cannot go forward,” he said (Reuters/CNN, July 9). For further information, see: U.N. Resolution 687 (Sanctions Regime) U.N. Resolution 1409 (“Smart Sanctions”)
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