Berlin, Moscow want rebuilding of postwar Iraq under UN: Putin
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) Apr 11, 2003 Berlin and Moscow want the reconstruction of post-war Iraq to be under UN auspices, Russian President Vladimir Putin said here Friday during talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
"Moscow and Berlin believe the main task is to urgently return the Iraqi settlement process to within the framework of the United Nations," Putin said during a bilateral meeting in Russia's second city.