Peter Struck
NATO resolution Saturday
A meeting of Nato ambassadors to attempt to resolve the rift within the alliance between the United States and some of its European allies over Iraq has been postponed.
The meeting had been scheduled to begin around now. It is now not clear when it will take place.
A NATO spokesman Yves Brodeur said it was decided that it would be difficult to make progress in a formal meeting, and that informal talks would continue.
The alliance remains in deadlock as France, Germany and Belgium remain opposed to American plans for bolstering of Turkish defences ahead of any conflict.
However, Germany's Defence Minister, Peter Struck, has said Nato would come to a decision on Turkey's defences soon after tomorrow's report to the United Nations by the chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix.
Earlier this week, Germany, France and Belgium blocked NATO plans to prepare defences for Turkey in case it were attacked by Iraq, sparking one of the biggest crises in the history of the alliance.
Germany claimed that NATO military moves would have sent the 'wrong signal' and said that UN weapons inspections in Iraq need to be extended.
Earlier today the German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, said no official decision would be needed on the issue before Friday.
