Beijing, Dec 26, SPA -- Iraq's foreign minister called on theUnited Nations to do more to support planned elections inhis war-ravaged country, in comments Sunday during a visitto build ties with oil-hungry China. "We hope that the U.N. really will redouble its effortsto take this event far more seriously than it has done sofar," Hoshyar Zebari said in an interview at Iraq'sEmbassy in Beijing. "The U.N. has a leading role, not only an advisory rolein support of the election," he said. "To be honest, weare not satisfied about the level of the U.N. engagement." He said more U.N. staff and election monitors are needed,since the vote planned for Jan. 30 "must be seen andproven to be credible ... first by the Iraqi people andsecond by the international community." Zebari, the highest-ranking official from the interimIraqi government to visit China, said he was encouraged bysigns Beijing would forgive more Iraqi debt and seek morebusiness deals in Iraq. He met with Prime Minister WenJiabao and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing during his four-dayvisit.--SPA1254 Local Time 0954 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/227626