KOTA TINGGI: Malaysia has no intention of becoming an enemy to powerful nations, including the United States, when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad floated the idea of using oil as a weapon to fend off a war in Iraq.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said Western countries, especially the United States, had misconstrued Dr Mahathir’s idea which was voiced out during the informal meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Kuala Lumpur last Wednesday.