Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, meeting with her Iraqi counterpart, on Saturday urged Iraq to unconditionally comply with U.N. weapons inspections, a Japanese official said.
Iraq's foreign minister, Naji Sabri, responded with complaints that Iraqi sovereignty has been violated by American and British bombings in the no-fly zones, the official said.
During the 30-minute meeting at the United Nations headquarters, Kawaguchi urged Iraq to accept U.N. weapons inspectors "immediately, unconditionally and without restrictions," the official told reporters.