Cairo: Washington's demand to states worldwide to expel Iraq's diplomats is "not
under consideration", Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher has said.
"That's absolutely not under consideration," he told reporters on March 22.
Washington said on March 22 it was asking governments worldwide to sever ties with
the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, shut down Iraq's Embassies and freeze
its assets until new authorities were in power in Baghdad.
In Beirut, press reports said Lebanon had also refused to kick out the six Iraqi
diplomats posted in the country or to freeze Iraqi asset in Lebanese banks
reportedly amounting to some $ 1 billion.
