Abadi Meets Heads Of Three Major Oil And Gas Russian Companies

BAGHDAD / NINA / Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met in the Russian capital Moscow this morning with heads of three Russian companies for oil and gas. A statement for the Prime Minister's Office said "al-Abadi met at his residence in the capital Moscow on Thursday morning, May 21, the heads of three major Russian companies for oil and gas, / Suboz gas and oil group, Lukoil, and / Gazprom /", without mentioning what was discussed in the meeting. Abadi arrived in the Russian capital Moscow yesterday evening at the head of an official delegation in two-day visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The delegation included Interior Ministers Mohammed Salem Ghabban, transport, Baqir al-Zubaidi, culture Feriad Raundozi and National Security Adviser Faleh al-Fayad and the undersecretaries of foreign affairs and oil ministries. Abadi is scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin Prime on Thursday in the Kremlin. / End