Here are two sentences:
He reiterated Schroder 's statement last week that Berlin would consider sending peacekeepers to Iraq only if requested by an interim Iraqi government or the United Nations under a U.N. mandate .
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said last week that Berlin will consider sending peacekeepers only if requested by an interim Iraqi government or the United Nations .
Do they have the same meaning?
Available choices: (a). no (b). yes
(b).