President Saleh Receives Russian Foreign Minister In Rome

Baghdad, (NINA) - The President of the Republic, Barham Saleh, stressed the importance of strengthening military and security cooperation with Russia, calling for increasing the level of investment between the two countries A presidential statement said "Saleh received at his residence in Rome today the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. During the meeting, he stressed the importance of developing bilateral relations between the two friendly countries and strengthening them in all fields, in a way that serves the peoples of the two countries,". "The meeting discussed the regional situation and the war against the terrorist organization (Daesh), stressing the strengthening of military and security cooperation, and the need to exert more efforts to eliminate the terrorist organization and dry its sources." He also stressed the importance of the Iraqi market to Russian investments, which could help in the development of infrastructure in Iraq, especially in the areas of oil and energy, where he called for increasing the level of these investments in all fields. For his part, Russian Foreign Minister stressed his country's keenness to "strengthen its relations with Iraq and enhance opportunities for cooperation with it."/ End