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U.N. Works Out Agreement With State Department

Aired April 11, 2003 - 15:58   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: I want to immediately go to the United Nations. There's news unfolding right there. Our senior U.N. correspondent Richard Roth is standing by. Richard, tell us what's going on.
RICHARD ROTH, CNN SR. U.N. CORRESPONDENT: Well the United Nations has worked out an agreement with the State Department to send the U.N. special adviser on Iraq, special adviser to Kofi Annan, down to Washington to start the talking regarding post-war Iraq.

(UNINTELLIGIBLE) Ahmed (ph) is a Pakistani national. He's been the contingency planner for the U.N. Secretary General Annan leaves next week for Athens at a key European Union meeting. All this to start the ball rolling to see and if there's any common ground between the U.S., the U.N. and the critics and opponents of the war who sit on the Security Council.

Elsewhere, the Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, Mohamed Aldouri, is expected to leave tonight. He's all but stopped being the Iraqi ambassador. He is it in name only. Wolf, back to you.

BLITZER: Thanks very much, Richard Roth. We'll continue to monitor all of those developments.

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Aired April 11, 2003 - 15:58   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: I want to immediately go to the United Nations. There's news unfolding right there. Our senior U.N. correspondent Richard Roth is standing by. Richard, tell us what's going on.
RICHARD ROTH, CNN SR. U.N. CORRESPONDENT: Well the United Nations has worked out an agreement with the State Department to send the U.N. special adviser on Iraq, special adviser to Kofi Annan, down to Washington to start the talking regarding post-war Iraq.

(UNINTELLIGIBLE) Ahmed (ph) is a Pakistani national. He's been the contingency planner for the U.N. Secretary General Annan leaves next week for Athens at a key European Union meeting. All this to start the ball rolling to see and if there's any common ground between the U.S., the U.N. and the critics and opponents of the war who sit on the Security Council.

Elsewhere, the Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, Mohamed Aldouri, is expected to leave tonight. He's all but stopped being the Iraqi ambassador. He is it in name only. Wolf, back to you.

BLITZER: Thanks very much, Richard Roth. We'll continue to monitor all of those developments.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com