Roundup: France, Germany join against US war on Iraq, XINHUA

From: Xinhua (China) | Date: January 23, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

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BRUSSELS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- As the United States gears up for a war in Iraq, France and Germany have joined together to add their voices to the "no" camp in a bid to stop a possible military action without approval by the United Nations. The two European powers on Wednesday repeated their opposition to military action in Iraq and insisted that UN arms inspectors be given more time to do their job. French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, in a joint television interview, said war was "the worst of all solutions" to the ...