Iraq could break up if measures are not undertaken urgently to underpin national unity, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

“If there is no sudden change and if there is no start to efforts towards unity, this situation could become reality,” Russian news agencies quoted Lavrov as telling journalists in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second city.

Russia opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and has called for efforts to contain violence there, Reuters reports.

Popularity: 1% [?]