France 'will submit Iraq proposal if no accord on US draft'

France will formally submit its own resolution on Iraq if UN Security Council members fail to reach agreement on an American proposal, the foreign minister said today.

‘‘We are trying to work with the Americans on the basis of the text they have proposed,’’ Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin told Europe-1 radio. ‘‘If we don’t reach an agreement, we will officially propose our own text.’’