KYIV. June 14 (Interfax-AVN) - A UN inspection has not revealed any grounds to say that Ukraine illegally supplied arms and military equipment to Iraq, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's message to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko reads.
The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission in Iraq has not received reports that a country or an organization put forward such accusations against Ukraine, the message reads.
The Ukrainian side requested the inspection. Media outlets reported earlier that Ukraine illegally supplied weaponry, including the Kolchuga radar facilities, to Iraq. Ukraine has strongly denied its involvement in illegal arms supplies.