"Changing regimes in Arab countries and everywhere in the world, is a thing up to the peoples concerned alone. And even in the case of Iraq, change must stem from the Iraqi people, otherwise chaos is expected," President Mubarak told Morocco's second TV channel "2M." Mubarak ended, on Wednesday, a three-day official visit to Morocco, during which he conferred with King Mohammed VI on several issues, including the situation in Iraq.
A final joint communique stressed Rabat and Cairo's attachment to Iraq's security, independence and territorial integrity.
In his interview, the Egyptian leader said he repeatedly advised Iraq to abide by the United Nations resolutions, "otherwise this country would be losing ground to those calling for a military strike against it."
A final joint communique stressed Rabat and Cairo's attachment to Iraq's security, independence and territorial integrity.
In his interview, the Egyptian leader said he repeatedly advised Iraq to abide by the United Nations resolutions, "otherwise this country would be losing ground to those calling for a military strike against it."
"I myself invited Iraq more than once to comply with the U.N. resolutions to avoid a war that would only engender a huge death toll amongst innocent Iraqi victims," he said, adding that his numerous calls for the return of U.N. weapons inspectors to Iraq were aiming to help Baghdad prove that it possesses no arms of mass-destruction.
"Iraq has nothing to fear from such a return (of U.N. inspectors)," he said.
"Iraq has nothing to fear from such a return (of U.N. inspectors)," he said.