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The German government on Thursday stressed that the United Nations must play the central role in the post-war restoration of peace in Iraq.
In a statement issued shortly after the outbreak of the war, the German government regretted that the United States has started the war against Iraq.
It said that "the news of the beginning of the war has caused in the Germany government great concerns and dismay."
Germany, along with France and Russia, has undertaken great efforts to peacefully disarm Iraq and prevent the war, and "to their regret, the efforts to solve the Iraqi conflict peacefully have failed," the statement said.
Now, all must be done to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Iraq and the German government hopes that the war will be as short as possible, it said.
(Xinhua News Agency March 20, 2003)
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