Iraq Promises Progress in U.N. Talks

July 3, 2002
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer

Iraq is promising some progress from new talks starting Thursday with Secretary-General Kofi Annan — but whether they include a return of U.N. weapons inspectors to Baghdad depends on what the U.N. chief has to offer.

Annan believes it's time for a "concrete understanding on the return of inspectors" who have been barred from Iraq for 3 years, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said Monday