Putin To Invite Abadi To Visit Russia

BAGHDAD / NINA / Russia sent an invitation to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to visit Moscow and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. A statement for the Foreign Ministry said that "Putin's envoy to the Middle East, Russian undersecretary Foreign Ministry, Mikhail Bogdanov, during a meeting with Iraq's ambassador in Moscow, Ismail Shafeeq Mohsen, expressed his desire to visit Baghdad next month, adding that he will carry a message to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi from Russian President, Vladimir Putin inviting to visit Moscow to discuss ways to develop and strengthen bilateral relations and coordinate positions on regional and international issues and the war on terror. " The statement noted that the meeting, which took place in the Russian Foreign Ministry building, at the request of Bogdanov saw the review of the results of the recent visit of Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to Moscow./ End