UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac concluded their 4 February meeting by admitting differences over how to deal with Iraq, but agreeing on fundamental principles: 'The first is that we have to disarm Iraq, and the second conviction that we share is that this has to be undertaken within the Security Council of the UN,' said Chirac. However, their emphasis remained different, and Blair found no support for accelerating the process towards disarmament by force. 'War is always the worst of solutions,' cautioned Chirac. He said that Paris had not yet decided whether or not it would veto a UN resolution authorising a military attack on Iraq.