A top Russian official said today no second UN Security Council resolution was needed at the moment on disarming Iraq, according to a report.
The Interfax news agency quoted deputy foreign minister Mr Yuri Fedotov, one of Russia's top spokesmen on Iraq, as saying that further action depended on reports to be presented by top UN arms inspectors due to return to Baghdad this week.
"Further moves by the Security Council on Iraq depend on the sort of reports produced by . . . Hans Blix and Mohamed El Baradei . . . on the outcome of their weekend trip to Baghdad," he was quoted as saying.
Dr Blix, the chief UN inspector, and Mr El Baradei, head of the UN's nuclear watchdog agency, are to issue another report to the Security Council on February 14th.
Mr Fedotov did not rule out future Security Council moves but said: "The issue is about what sort of resolution there will be. Decisions of the Security Council must be aimed at settling the Iraqi issue and not complicating it".