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To: NickSE who wrote (73221)	2/12/2003 12:19:06 PM
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China opposes Iraq war, gives U.S. another hurdle usatoday.com BRUSSELS -- China on Tuesday joined voices opposing swift military action against Iraq, presenting another obstacle to U.S.-led plans to disarm the regime by force. Chinese President Jiang Zemin called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff over Baghdad's alleged biological, chemical and nuclear weapons programs. ''Warfare is good for no one,'' Jiang said. China sides with France and Russia as permanent Security Council members publicly opposed to force. The three hold veto power over any United Nations-approved actions. [....] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ China and Russia search for oil in southern Iraq - Sept. 30, 1998 China's National Petroleum Corp. has begun surveying its concession in southern Iraq for oil. It was unclear if the activity violates UN sanctions, which ban most trade and financial dealings with Baghdad. An Iraqi officials said the state-owned Chinese company had begun work under an agreement it signed with Baghdad in June 1997 for development of the Al-Ahdab field. China is 1 of the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council and has long opposed the continuation of UN sanctions on Iraq. The sanctions, imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, limit the sale of oil, ban air travel and bar most financial transactions. CNPC has rights to the Al-Ahdab field, expected to yield a bn barrels of oil, in Kut province, which is 170 km (l05 miles) south of Baghdad. Joint Chinese-Iraqi teams of engineers were conducting surveys at Al-Ahdab. Karim Ahmad, a senior Iraqi oil official said: "exploration has been going on for about 2 months." The Oil Ministry officials confirmed reports that China and Iraq have set up a joint company to drill at Al-Ahdab. They said the Chinese company was working through an Iraqi firm, the General Company for Oil Explorations, which has been digging exploratory wells. The officials said the Chinese contractor already has supplied a detailed plan for development of Al-Ahdab and that the Iraqi side has accepted it. China also is obligated by the $ 1 bn pact to gather the geological and seismic information needed to start production.