Al-Sudani receives the Russian Ambassador to Iraq

Baghdad-INA

Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani expressed on Thursday, the interest of the next government in strengthening bilateral relations with the Russia .

The media office of the Prime Minister-designate said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the Prime Minister-designate, Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, received today Thursday, the Russian Ambassador to Iraq, Elbrus Kotrashev," noting that "the ambassador congratulated Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani on his appointment as Iraq's Prime Minister."

During the meeting, Al-Sudani expressed "the next government's interest in strengthening bilateral relations with the Russian Federation."

He praised "the historical relations that unite Iraq and Russia," stressing "the next government will strengthen bilateral cooperation in various fields