Statement for the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

IRAQI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

February 7, 2003

A spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that individual interviews had been conducted with three Iraqi specialists today without the presence of a representative from the National Monitoring Directorate (NMD) . Two specialists were interviewed by the UNMOVIC, and the third was interviewed by the IAEA. Each interview lasted for two hours and a half to three hours and a half.