MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - A report from UN weapons' inspectors on whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction must be sent to the UN Security Council, Russia's foreign minister said Monday.
"Individual issues remain that must be closed," Sergei Lavrov told Dimitrius Perricos, the acting executive chairman of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), during a Moscow meeting.
The minister said all the materials collected by the commission and the authorities in Iraq should be referred in a summarized form to the UN Security Council.
Lavrov said all the inspections conducted in Iraq had uncovered no WMD components or programs to develop such weapons in the country, but added the matter remained serious in view of the increasing threat of the WMD proliferation.
Lavrov also said his negotiations with Perricos would seek ways of closing all the current issues transparently and on the basis of international law and UN resolutions.
"We support your efforts and will provide comprehensive support for the UN Security Council," Lavrov said.
Perricos agreed that the issue needed serious consideration.
The long-running UN weapons inspections have failed to provide any evidence of the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, which the United States cited as the main reason behind its military campaign in the country.
