BERLIN & BRUSSELS - Eleven of the 15 UN Security Council members support extending arms inspections in Iraq, a German government source said Tuesday.
The source said that the countries on the Security Council that did not support extending the arms inspections included the United States, Britain "in part", Spain and Bulgaria.
"The others support the German position," the source said in response to a question about whether Germany was isolated in wanting the weapons inspectors to be given more time to conduct their work.
Germany currently chairs the 15-member Security Council.
Meanwhile a formal meeting of NATO ambassadors Tuesday was postponed amid "intensive consultations" among the 19 member states, a NATO official said.
The meeting of the policy-making North Atlantic Council originally scheduled for Tuesday morning will now be held instead at 4:30 pm (1530 GMT), the official said.
"Intensive informal consultations are ongoing," he added. "This should not be taken as a bad sign. It shows our determination to come to a solution."
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