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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (8404)	2/15/2003 1:04:18 AM
From: Bill on the Hill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

PATRICIA!! Hello. Great to see you.

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (8404)	2/15/2003 1:12:30 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 25898

Mexico opposes U.S. war plan Security Council member has a key vote By JEFF SALLOT Friday, February 14, 2003 - Page A10 globeandmail.com OTTAWA -- Inextricably entwined with the United States by economics, migration and geography, Mexico is going its own way in the Iraq crisis despite political pressure from its superpower neighbour. Mexico's independence and willingness to stand up to Washington should be an example for Canada, Françine Lalonde, the Bloc Québécois foreign-affairs critic, told the Commons yesterday. Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham said Ottawa needs no lessons from Mexico or anybody else. "We are Canadians." In other circumstances, Mexico's dovish foreign policy might go unnoticed in Washington and Ottawa. But Mexico now holds one of the elected positions on the United Nations Security Council, and its vote may be pivotal if the United States is to get the nine votes required for an explicit UN mandate to go to war against Baghdad. UN watchers say that even if France, Russia or China do not veto a second resolution, the United States has, in spite of its lobbying effort, only five sure votes for a use-of-force mandate. Mexico, Cameroon and Pakistan are supporting France's call for further inspections, but the report today by chief weapons inspector Hans Blix may help some Security Council members decide whether they think an intensified inspection regime will resolve the crisis. "Our people are not prepared to go to war, which they do not believe is necessary," Maria Teresa de Madero, the Mexican ambassador in Ottawa, said. Mexico believes the United States and the international community have not yet exhausted all diplomatic and other non-violent means to resolve the crisis over Iraq's clandestine weapons program, she said in an interview. "Just like Canada, we might feel some pressure from the United States" to fall into line on Iraq, Ms. Madero said. Mexican President Vicente Fox and his U.S. counterpart, President George W. Bush, seem headed in different directions. Mr. Fox is on the phone frequently these days with French President Jacques Chirac. The impulse to seek diplomatic solutions to conflicts is deeply imbedded in the Mexican political system, Ms. Madero said. The Mexican constitution expressly forbids the deployment of military forces beyond the country's own borders, and pledges that Mexico will not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations. If, at the end of the day, Mexico has to vote against the United States at the Security Council "we are sure President Bush will understand," and will not attempt to punish the Fox government economically or politically, Ms. Madero said. "We know President Bush is a democrat and he would understand" that Mr. Fox must respect the strong antiwar sentiments of the Mexican people, she said.