The Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday the start of the meetings of the Iraqi-Russian Joint Committee in Baghdad. 

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Sahaf said in an interview with Alsumaria News that "the meetings of the Iraqi-Russian joint committee began today, in the guest house in Baghdad." 

The Sahaf said that "these meetings will discuss important files, especially bilateral economic cooperation," noting that "the sectors of oil, electricity, trade and agriculture, the most important files of meetings."




The head of the Russian side of the Iraqi-Russian Commission for Trade, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Yuri Borisov arrived Wednesday (April 24th) to participate in the plenary session of the meeting of the Russian-Iraqi Committee for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, as well as in bilateral talks.