Russia to query legal status of Iraq war at UN

RUSSIA and other countries will ask the UN to rule whether the US-led war on Iraq is legal, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov revealed yesterday.

“With other states, we will put this question before the UN’s legal department. It is very important these arguments about the legality of US actions are confirmed,” he told the State Duma lower house of parliament. “If the UN Security Council describes the US actions as an aggression, the appropriate measures will be taken. But if you or I describe them as aggression it won’t achieve anything,” the foreign minister said yesterday.

“The action has no legal basis and the attempts to justify it by resolution 1441 are not serious,” he said.