THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2003
Attack on Iraq lacks justification: India
PTI
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said that the US-led military action in Iraq "lacks justification".
"It is with the deepest anguish that we have seen reports of the commencement of military action in Iraq," external affairs ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna told reporters.
India sincerely hoped that the Iraqi people would not be subjected to further hardships, sufferings, loss of life and damage to property from an extended military operation.
In its first reaction to the military strikes in Iraq, he referred to the differences in the UN Security Council over disarming Iraq, which resulted in seriously impairing the authority of the UN system.
"The military action begun on Thursday thus lacks justification. It also appears from the various pronouncements of Dr Hans Blix and Dr Al Baradei that military action was avoidable," he said.
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