Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen opposes unilateral U.S. military actions against Iraq, according to the Norway Post.
“This is a policy I would warn against”, Petersen stated in his foreign policy statement in Parliament on Tuesday.
“Such actions would undermine the unity within the broad international coalition, and weaken the opportunity to overcome terrorism in the long term”, Petersen said.
At the same time, however, Petersen claimed there was no doubt that Iraqi President Saddam Hussain is a despot, who has both used weapons of mass destruction against his own people and attacked neighboring countries.
“Still, it is only a broad and continual international pressure against the regime in Baghdad, which will change its present course”, the Norwegian Foreign Minister added. (Albawaba.com)
