SG/SM/5880

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS AMBASSADOR OF IRAQ WHO CONVEYS ITS INTEREST IN DISCUSSIONS WITH UNITED NATIONS ON "OIL FOR FOOD" FORMULA

The Secretary-General received the Permanent Representative of Iraq today at 6 p.m. at the Ambassador's request. During the meeting, the Ambassador handed over to the Secretary-General a letter from Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz in which he informed the Secretary-General that, in response to his letter dated 18 January 1996, the Iraqi Government accepts the Secretary-General's invitation to enter into discussions with the Secretariat of the United Nations regarding the oil-for-food formula.

The Secretary-General hopes that these discussions will begin as soon as possible in New York.

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