Britain warns Syria not to help Saddam remnants

LONDON (AFP) Apr 10, 2003
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw warned Syria on Thursday against helping what remains of Saddam Hussein's regime and urged the country to cooperate with US-led forces in Iraq.

Straw told the House of Commons that he was sending foreign office minister Mike O'Brien to Syria and Iran to discuss their role in Iraq's post-war reconstruction.

But he added: "We look to Syria to end any and all assistance to the Iraqi regime and to cooperate fully with the people of Iraq and with the coalition forces."

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