Visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Monday that Iraq's weapons report submitted to the United Nations will not immediately lead to war, according to a top government spokesman.
During a meeting with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda in Tokyo, Armitage also indicated that a new UN resolution may be possible before the United States and its allies attack Iraq, according to Fukuda.
Iraq submitted a report to the UN headquarters in New York last Sunday denying it has weapons of mass destruction.
Armitage also briefly met Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Fukuda said.
(Xinhua News Agency December 9, 2002)
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