Foreign Minister Louis Miche, said the Belgian representative to the alliance had already been given instructions to block the US request

Belgium will use its veto power in NATO to block a US request for the military alliance to support a US-led military strike on Iraq, Foreign Minister Louis Michel said on Sunday. Speaking on Belgian television, Michel said NATO Secretary General George Robertson would be sent a letter by Monday informing him of the veto. He added that he expected France and Germany also to block the US request. Michel said the Belgian representative to the alliance had already been given instructions to block the US request. Belgium, France and Germany have been holding up an accord that would allow planners at the 19-nation military alliance to begin drawing up NATO's contribution to any action against Iraq.

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