¡¡¡¡HELSINKI, Sept. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja Sunday said that the confrontation between the United States and Iraq should not be taken as the reason to stage a war against Iraq.

¡¡¡¡The minister made the remarks in an article published on the local newspaper Kaleva. He said that the United States should present sufficient evidence to show there is relationship between Iraq and terrorism as it thinks so.

¡¡¡¡The Finnish minister also said that it's up to the United Nations to settle the issue of destroying weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, which might be owned by the country ruled by Saddam Hussein. Enditem