Hans Blix Invited for Baghdad talks
Iraq has invited chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix to talks in Baghdad in January ahead of a report he is due to present to the UN Security Council on Iraqi cooperation with his men.
General Amer al-Saadi, a top advisor to President Saddam Hussein, sent Blix a letter proposing he come to Iraq 'between the second and third week of January' to discuss cooperation between the two sides.
This would be in line with an understanding to hold regular high-level meetings reached with Blix in Baghdad on November 19, Saadi said in the letter which was handed to the chief inspector by Iraq's deputy UN representative in New York, Mohammad Salman.
'We are exploring dates that would be suitable, both for Blix and (IAEA head) Mohammed ElBaradei and for the Iraqis,' a spokesman said.
