In 2003, he spoke out against the plans for the United States to launch a war in Iraq, describing it as "a tragedy" and lambasting US president George W. Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair for undermining the UN
Mu 2003, adalankhula motsutsana ndi ndondomeko zoti dziko la United States lithire nkhondo Iraq, pofotokoza kuti ndi tsoka komanso kudzudzula mokalipa mtsogoleri wa dziko wa US George W. Bush ndi nduna yaikulu ya ku Britain Tony Blair ponyazitsa mphamvu za UN