Economic sanctions imposed after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 made it impossible even to stock the labs where scientists remained.
Trade sanctions imposed against Iraq shortly after its invasion of Kuwait 19 months ago remain in force.
He also conceded that sanctions, imposed in 1990 after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, might not be viable indefinitely.
The broader embargo, imposed in 1990 after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, is not being negotiated.
Without sanctions reviews, Iraq can never hope to escape from an embargo imposed in 1990 after its invasion of Kuwait.
Sanctions were imposed on Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
Iraq's oil sales are still governed by the international sanctions imposed after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
The embargo was imposed after President Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Iraq continues to say the sanctions, imposed after its invasion of Kuwait in 1990, are the chief cause of the hardships.
Moscow's efforts to impose a Communist government in the decade after its 1979 invasion failed disastrously.