German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Thursday that his country as well as France and Russia will vote for the United States-proposed resolution on Iraq.
While attending a European Union summit in Brussels, Schroeder said the decision was made after his 45-minute three-way phone conversation with President Jacques Chirac of France and President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
However, the three countries will explain, after the United Nations Security Council votes on the resolution later Thursday, that the US proposal is still not an adequate response to the current Iraqi situation, Schroeder said.
Germany, France and Russia will be involved in Iraq neither militarily nor financially, he added.
Berlin, Paris and Moscow have urged Washington to give a leading role to the United Nations in the Iraqi reconstruction process, complaining that the latest US proposal has not met their demand.
(Xinhua News Agency October 17, 2003)
