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Maliki, Medvedev agree to expand cooperation between Iraq and Russia
10.10.2012 12:00 AM
Baghdad morning
agreed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to strengthen cooperation between the two countries, a day before the important meeting will bring together Maliki and Russian President Vladimir Putin. discussed Maliki and Medvedev at a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday bilateral relations and cooperation frameworks between the two countries, and chaired a meeting of a number of ministers from both countries. The Prime Minister said during the meeting, according to Manglh him an official statement received "morning" a copy of "Iraq today is seeking to strengthen its relations with friendly countries and open up areas for cooperation, especially in the sectors of energy, agriculture and trade," adding that "our previous visit to Moscow was founded to balanced relations based interests and mutual respect, and we will seek during this visit to discuss all the ways and mechanisms that would promote cooperation in economic and trade fields. " He also stressed visions match between the two countries in the challenges facing the region and how to overcome them. For his part, confirmed Russian Prime Minister his country's readiness to cooperate and strengthen the relationship with Iraq, adding that Russia has a desire to strengthen the relationship with the Arab peoples and Iraq among those nations that seek to strengthen cooperation with him through the head with all the necessary capabilities in the field of energy and oil . and prime minister arrived in Moscow on the first Monday an official invitation from the Russian president. and news agency quoted Moscow Maliki as saying: "It wants to extend an invitation to Russian Prime Minister to visit Baghdad," adding that this visit will give a boost to the development of bilateral relations. For his part, Medvedev said: that Russia is keen to maintain friendly relations with Iraq, adding that the Russian leadership maintains relations with the Iraqi leadership. Medvedev suggested Maliki that Abgesa "road map for the development of bilateral relations in all fields." In turn, Maliki noted that his visit to Moscow represents a good opportunity to discuss the progress of implementation of previous agreements, and pave the way for the further development of relations, stressing that "In order to develop the Iraqi-Russian relations should develop appropriate mechanisms such as the Joint Ministerial Committee." Maliki said he sees the need to continue the Iraqi Ministerial Committee Russian joint work and meet regularly. It is scheduled to be held committee, headed by the Russian side and Energy Minister Alexander Novak its sixth meeting in Baghdad in the fourth quarter of 2012. The Committee will examine the implementation of the Iraqi-Russian joint projects in the oil and gas industry, electricity and the supply of Russian civil aircraft to Iraq. Working inter oil companies Russian such as "Lukoil" and "Gazibromenaft" and Bachinvt "in Iraq now. Suggested the prime minister to his Russian counterpart that Abgesa well as the situation in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Maliki met Tuesday President of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin, as expressed Prime Minister during the meeting about Iraq's desire to develop relations with Russia, stressing that diversity delegation, which comprises foreign ministers and oil, defense, trade and other officials shows Iraq's desire to expand relations between the two countries in various fields, pointing to the presence of Russian companies in Iraq and calling for activating this presence and to contribute to the process of the reconstruction of Iraq, also called on Russia to support Iraqi efforts to get out of Chapter VII. For his part, Chairman of the State Duma's readiness to support Iraq in its efforts to emerge from Chapter VII and enhance its international status, calling for the development of bilateral relations in various fields. The meeting was attended by members of the ministerial delegation and parliamentary facilities to the Prime Minister, where he said Oil Minister Abdul Karim and coffee: that cooperation in the oil industry between Iraq and the Russian Federation in sleep constantly and will be made during the next two weeks the signing of the exploration Riqotain new between Iraq and a Russian oil companies, urged the Minister Trade to raise the level of trade exchange between the two sides, and the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the House of Representatives Hamoudi to head the State Duma invitation to visit Iraq. He has stressed that Iraq managed to establish balanced relations, serious and start a new era of openness to the world. He said in a speech at a conference table golden organized by Foreign Affairs magazine in the presence of Deputy Russian Foreign Minister: "The desire to post Federal Republic of Russia campaign reconstruction of Iraq stands at the head of the goals our current visit, has took us oil ministers and trade, defense and chairman of the investment to renew our desire to deepen Relations between the two countries in these critical areas, and activate economic cooperation in order to serve our two countries and our two friendly peoples, and that have been trying to acquire weapons of defense is a natural right, it is Iraq's right to own weapons for the defense of national sovereignty. " He added, "In spite of all the achievements of the democratic experience and made sacrifices in the process, but the road ahead is still long, stressing that Iraq is seeking today to establish a state citizen and institutions that fight all manifestations of underdevelopment and corruption, and to build army capable of protecting its territory and sovereignty No army attack others, as we seek to strengthen the Iraqi economy and diversify national income and activate the supporting sectors as a sector of tourism. "The prime minister:" We have managed to overcome the challenges of security and sectarian strife and sectarian that tried some countries exported to Iraq, and export of religious extremism, "calling everyone to stand up against these attempts, caution and attention from the designs of the extremists, expressing regret for the recovery and return of some extremist organizations in some countries in the region. He also warned al-Maliki of the seriousness of the crisis in Syria and its repercussions on the rest of the states, warning of torching and intervention to topple political regimes by force as it gets in Syria. The prime minister noted that the situation in Syria different result many factors that vision to solve this crisis we have stated since the beginning of the crisis and we Initiative check for the Syrian people's aspirations to him and avoid Syria and its people and the region risks infighting and external interference. middle of this picture, it was announced in Moscow on Tuesday that Iraq and Russia signed a number of cooperation agreements military-technical in the second half of 2012
and reported a media's Russian government that "Iraq signed arms deals totaling $ more than $ 4.2 billion with Russia in the second half of this year. "
and said: "The Iraqi defense minister acting Saadoun al-Dulaimi, and military experts Iraqis visited Russia last April and in July and August last two.
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