MOSCOW, Feb, 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Russia wants all findings of the international weapons inspections in Iraq to be presented to the UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

    "We are proposing that all materials, gathered by your commission and by the occupation forces be combined and referred to the UN Security Council," Lavrov was quoted by Russian news agencies as telling Demetrius Perricos, acting head of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) at a meeting in Moscow.

    "Russia is interested in full and final clarity on the issue of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs," Lavrov said at the meeting with the head of the now inactive UN weapons inspection team.

    Lavrov also said the findings should be combined with those of U.S.-led inspectors who combed the country for weapons of mass destruction after Saddam Hussein's ousting in 2003.

    Perricos said at the meeting that the Iraq dossier needed to be finalized, saying "We cannot have these files open three years afterward, it is not good for Iraq, it is not good for anyone."

    UNMOVIC withdrew its inspectors on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, which was justified by the U.S. and its allies on the grounds that Saddam's regime was developing weapons of mass destruction. But this was not verified by either UN or subsequent U.S. weapons inspectors.

    The IAEA and UNMOVIC were the two UN agencies charged with finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The IAEA led the search for nuclear weapons, while UNMOVIC was responsible for biological and chemical weapons, as well as rockets.

    The IAEA said before the war it had no proof that Baghdad had reconstituted its nuclear program.

    Russia, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, staunchly opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Enditem