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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44415)	8/22/2003 7:08:23 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has spoken to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf over phone to discuss the prospects of the formation of a joint international force for the protection and security of UN setup in Iraq in the back drop of the massive bomb attack on UN Headquarters in Baghdad. In his telephone talks with Musharraf yesterday, Annan discussed the security of the UN Staff, its officers and its aid programme in the backdrop of the massive blast at its headquarters in Baghdad, Pakistan newsagency NNI quoted officials of UN Headquarters as saying. The Secretary General is said to have given details of the blast in Baghdad in which 23 people, including the top UN Representative to Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello were killed. Besides Musharraf, Annan also had talks with the leaders of various other countries, it said. "President Musharraf will discuss the contents of his telephonic talks with UN Secretary General, with Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali," Pakistani officials here said reacting to Annan's call to the President. Musharraf would discuss the issue with Jamali after the Prime Minister's return from his current visit to Saudi Arabia. He left yesterday on a three-day visit.