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UK: LONDON: BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK WARNS SADDAM

(25 Feb 1998) English/Nat The British Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook has issued another warning to the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Cook said Britain was working on a resolution to ensure Iraq complies with the U-N agreement. At a meeting with his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Geremek in London on Wednesday, Cook also said he strongly supports the enlargement of the European Union. The British Foreign Secretary's warning to Iraq was given at a joint press conference on Wednesday with the Polish Foreign Minister, Professor Bronislaw Geremek. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Nobody can be confident of what Saddam Hussein is going to do in the next few weeks, never mind the next few months. But what we are determined to do is to hold him to the agreement he has made. That is why we have instructed our diplomats at the United Nations to start work in producing a text which would pin down and clearly state the terms of that agreement and provide a very clear marker to Saddam Hussein that we expect him to stick to this agreement, and that there would be severe consequences if he were now to break an agreement that he himself entered into with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. We're going to work to make the agreement stick - I hope we have some cooperation from Saddam Hussein in doing that." SUPER CAPTION: Robin Cook, British Foreign Secretary Cook also said he strongly supported the enlargement of the European Union. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I very much hope that Poland will recognise that it's in the interests of Europe in widening to include the countries of central and eastern Europe; also to embrace the interests of Poland in attracting investment, in developing prosperity, and becoming a full member of the western family of democratic nations" SUPER CAPTION: Robin Cook, British Foreign Secretary Cook's Polish counterpart, Bronislaw Geremek was also positive about E-U expansion. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Under the British presidency, we hope that decisive steps will be taken concerning the enlarging of the European Union." SUPER CAPTION: Bronislaw Geremek, Polish Foreign Minister Poland is among a number of Eastern European countries that will press their case for E-U membership during a special E-U summit in London next month. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...