The need for the UN to play a decisive role in the reconstruction of Iraq, so that the Iraqis can take over the government of the country, was underlined Government Spokesperson Christos Protopapas. Mr. Protopapas was asked today about the rejection, by France and Germany, of the US proposal for a UN resolution securing international aid for Iraq, as well as regarding the possibility of a new round of
confrontations between the EU and the US on the Iraq issue. The Minister of the Press stressed that the point of this entire affair is not conflict but the future of Iraq's reconstruction. "I believe we must move in this direction", he said characteristically.