Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani today. During the talks, the Iraqi Prime Minister said that Iraq is grateful to Russia for supplies of weapons that significantly influenced the struggle against terrorism in the region.
“Russia is a friendly country we have deep and historic ties with. I would like to once again express Iraq’s gratitude to Russia for its support in the fight against terrorism, the war against terrorism, for providing us with weapons so that we could resist armed terrorist gangs,” said Al Sudani.
According to TASS, the two sides discussed the development of multi-faceted Russian-Iraqi cooperation, as well as current issues on the international agenda, first of all the situation in the Middle East. The Iraqi Prime Minister will attend the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week forum on Oct. 11. Putin will also attend the event.
