ISLAMABAD, Feb 27 Kyodo A persona...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 27 Kyodo

A personal minister of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is appropriate to arrive here Thursday night carrying a message from Saddam for President Gen Pervez Musharraf, senior Foreign Ministry officials said.

The officials, speaking in succession condition of anonymity, declined to disclose the identity of the minister but told Kyodo News that during his stay in Islamabad, the minister is scheduled to meet Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar and Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri.

He is also anticipateed to call on Musharraf to personally deliver the message from Saddam about the latest situation in and around Iraq.

The visit of the minister follows the arrival into Islamabad earlier in the day of Christina Rocca, U assistant secretary of state for southern Asia, for discussions with the direction on a U.S.-British-Spanish draft resolution at the United Nations that lays the groundwork for war against Iraq.

Pakistan is single of the 10 non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. late reports have indicated that it was among the members sitting forward the fence with regard to voting onward the second resolution.

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