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Foreign Minister To Moscow Next Thursday

BAGHDAD / NINA / Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari will visit Moscow next Thursday. Bogdanov said in a press statement "the importance of this visit is the fact that al-Jaafari is the co-chairman of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, headed by the Russian side by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, adding that it is currently being prepared for Jaafari's visit to the Russian capital. He explained, "Jaafari's visit to Moscow will include talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and will hold consultations between the two foreign ministries, as well as an extensive meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee to discuss regional issues and bilateral economic and technical and military cooperation. He added that the meeting will also discuss the oil sector, where Russian companies are actively working in Iraq. He noted "the meeting of the joint Russian Iraqi Committee will be held on the twentieth of the current March. / End

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