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Dhaka for govt by Iraqi people

UNB, Dhaka
Bangladesh likes to see quick formation of a stand-in government in Iraq and restoration of law and order in the war-ravaged Gulf country.
Talking to diplomatic correspondents at his office yesterday, Foreign Minister Morshed Khan said the Iraqi people would like to see their own government by their own people.
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Replying to a volley of questions on Iraq, the foreign minister appeared very cautious about the fluid situation there, particularly about the installation of a new regime in post-Saddam Baghdad.
He said Bangladesh would be happy to see a legally constituted regime in Iraq and hoped that the process would be completed as early as possible.
"Bangladesh would like to see the new government set up by the Iraqi people," he said, adding that the new administration should be inclusive, not exclusive.
Asked about the US-sponsored meeting of Iraqi tribal and ethnic leaders at Nasiriyah aimed at formation of an interim authority to fill in the vacuum, Khan termed it a "good sign" when many views and ideas would come up about the future administration of Iraq.
" We will wait to see the outcome of the meeting," he told the reporters, adding that there are many thoughts going on about the formation of the post-Saddam government.
The foreign minister said the government would be waiting to see the
decision of OIC, NAM and UN about the government in the post-war Iraq, who have not taken any position or started thought process on the matter.
About the new US allegation against Syria, Khan said anybody could bring allegation, but "it has to be substantiated." He referred to British PM Tony Blair's remarks that they had no idea of chemical weapons in the arsenals of Syria.
In reply to a question about US Secretary of State Colin Powell's letters handed over to him by US Ambassador Mary Ann Peters, Khan said this is routine contact keeping Bangladesh posted about US policy and programme in Iraq.
Asked about Dhaka-Washington relations in the wake of US-led invasion of Iraq, he said, " We always have proper relation between the two countries."
Khan expressed concern about the destruction of the ancient Iraqi national museum--a repository of artefacts dating back to thousands of years. A museum does not belong to an individual but a nation as well as the world, he said.
About the fate of Iraqi embassy in Dhaka, the foreign minister said the government would follow the Geneva Convention in this regard.
He told a questioner that the Bangladesh ambassador to Iraq would resume his function in Baghdad as soon as the situation returns to normal.
About humanitarian assistance in Iraq, he said the Bangladesh government was the first to announce 20 million dollars in humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people, which was praised by all. The government is in touch with the International Committee of Red Cross about the requirements and dispatch of the relief supplies. On the issue of Palestine, another red-hot issue in the region, Khan said Palestine is the centrepiece of the government's foreign policy in the Middle East.
"The whole world is waiting to see what roadmap is coming from the United States to resolve the Palestine problem," he said, adding it would be looked into if the roadmap is timebound and just and fair.