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Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari holds talks
in Moscow
21.11.2005
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Moscow, Nov 21 -
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will have
talks today in Moscow with his Iraqi counterpart
Hoshyar Zebari, Interfax reports.
According to the info this was the second working
visit of the Iraqi Foreign Minister to Russia, since
interim authorities of the state were established in
Iraq.
We are depending on the visit of Mr. Zebari to
provide new input of the development of the friendly
Russian-Iraqi relations, the spokesman of the
Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Kaminin announced
adding that the present situation in Iraq will be
discussed from the viewpoint of the tasks on
establishment of peace and security in the country.
Russia is to boost its number of experts working in
Iraq, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has
announced.
"Some 200 Russian experts are currently working in
Iraq restoring energy supply facilities. This number
will increase," he said at a briefing following his
meeting with his Iraqi opposite number Hoshyar
Zebari.
The size of Russian personnel in Iraq will rise as
the standard of security improves, Lavrov said. |
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and
Foreign Minister of Iraq, Hoshyar Mahmud Zebari
during talks in Moscow on Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. In
the talks with Sergey Lavrov and other Russian
officials, Hoshyar Zebari was expected to discuss
increasing cooperation with Russia in the energy
sphere and rebuilding Iraq's battered
infrastructure.
Photo: AP |
Iraq, Russia to examine renewal of Russian oil
contracts
The Iraqi authorities plan to set up a joint
Iraqi-Russian commission to resolve issues
surrounding renewal of Russian oil contracts in
Iraq, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said at
a press conference in Moscow on Monday.
Zebari affirmed that the Iraqi government is
responsible for contracts concluded during Saddam
Hussein's rule, adding that Iraq wants to avoid
politicization by solving these issues through
technical means.
Iraq advocates creating a technical commission,
either parliamentary or governmental, within the
framework of which all these issues may be resolved,
he said.
www.Interfax.ru
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