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IRAQ: BUSH PROMOTES 'COALITION OF THE WILLING' TO DISARM IRAQ THOUGH GERMANY IS NOT WILLING.(US President George W. Bush)(Brief Article)

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, December, 2002

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told Germany's ZDF television in Prague on 21 November that while Germany endorses the NATO declaration on Iraq, it would not participate in a U.S.-led military strike on the country. "We have made it clear...that we will not participate in any military action in Iraq.

This is still true," he said. "We had no problem with this [NATO] resolution, because it is identical to the UN Security Council resolution, which we welcomed." Asked what Germany's role would be in the event of a strike against Iraq, he said Germany would discuss some "issues" with its partners. "These are our obligations in the [NATO] alliance [and under] international treaties." Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer echoed Schroeder's statements at a news...

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