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Earlier this month, Iraq's finance minister said his country was preparing to demand some $3 billion in cash held in Syrian state banks under deals struck with Saddam's government. A Syrian official, however, said the amount was in the millions, not billions and Syria's ambassador to the United Nations (news - web sites), Fayssal Mekdad, said on Monday his country would cooperate in helping Iraq recover any funds.

"Whatever the amount is, Syria is faithfully implementing Security Council resolutions in this regard," he said.