French President Jacques Chirac said the U.S.-U.K. proposal needs what he called "serious improvement."
Chirac said the still-to-be-named interim Iraqi government due to take power on 30 June should exercise sovereignty in all fields -- political, economic, security, diplomatic, and over Iraq's oil and gas resources.
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany, which currently sits with France on the Security Council, also called for a "real transfer" of sovereignty to Iraqis.
Schroeder, however, joined the United States in opposing setting January 2005 as the date for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in Iraq.
(Reuters/AFP/dpa)
Chirac said the still-to-be-named interim Iraqi government due to take power on 30 June should exercise sovereignty in all fields -- political, economic, security, diplomatic, and over Iraq's oil and gas resources.
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany, which currently sits with France on the Security Council, also called for a "real transfer" of sovereignty to Iraqis.
Schroeder, however, joined the United States in opposing setting January 2005 as the date for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in Iraq.
(Reuters/AFP/dpa)
