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March 20, 2003

Chairman of the Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO Grigory Yavlinsky on the military operation against Iraq

Special statement for YABLOKO's web-site

"Such developments could have been avoided. However, we failed in this task. Unfortunately, it is highly likely that the military operation will lead to a considerable number of victims on both sides, including civilian sufferings and deaths. Owing to this development in the conflict, Russia must seek to achieve several objectives.

First of all: to reduce the number of victims, by trying to ensure a termination of the war as soon as possible. Secondly the conflict will end and the situation will revert to a legal framework. This happened several times after the Second World War and the formation of the UN. Our country should preserve its strategic partnership with Europe and the USA.

Finally the third objective. Russia can play a leading role in the development of proposals aimed at preventing such a situation in future. There are many dictatorships in the world that are trying to obtain weapons of mass destruction. And it is impossible to start war every time to ensure their disarmament.

We should do all we can to formulate such initiatives and ensure that Russia submits them to the UN Security Council as soon as possible."


See also:

Situation Around Iraq

March 20, 2003

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