BAGHDAD, Jan. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraq insisted on Monday that it has cooperated fully with UN weapons inspectors just hours before chief arms inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei are to deliver a crucial report on Baghdad's disarmament to the UN Security Council.

¡¡¡¡"The Iraqi government has cooperated fully with all the (UN) inspection teams... (and) met its obligations," Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri told a press conference in Baghdad.

¡¡¡¡He asked UN weapons inspectors to be "fair" when they present the report later in the day to the Security Council on Iraq's compliance with disarmament process.

¡¡¡¡"I hope they will be fair and they will present the facts as they are on the ground," he said.

¡¡¡¡He reiterated Iraq is free of any banned weapons of mass destruction, accusing the United States of using the pretext to "colonize Iraq and control its oil."

¡¡¡¡The Iraqi official noted that UN arms inspectors have searched almost 500 suspected sites, including offices, guesthouses, mosques, universities, hospitals, factories and military sites, but "found nothing."

¡¡¡¡"They exposed these (US) accusations are all lies," he told reporters at the Iraqi Information Ministry.

¡¡¡¡The United States accuses Iraq of secretly developing weapons of mass destruction and is pouring tens of thousands of troops into the Gulf region to back up its threats to disarm Baghdad by force.

¡¡¡¡The Iraqi foreign minister also denied the US allegation that Baghdad has connection with the Al-Qaeda terror network.

¡¡¡¡"Iraq has no links with any terrorist organizations," Sabri said, referring mainly to the Al-Qaeda network allegedly responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against the United States in 2001.

¡¡¡¡Blix and El-Baradei are expected to deliver a crucial report at 1530 GMT to the Security Council in New York after weeks of inspections amid mounting US threats to wage a war on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime. Enditem