FM Hussein: Work is underway to complete the necessary preparations for PM's visit to Moscow

 
Baghdad-INA
 
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, confirmed on Saturday, that the Iraqi side is working to complete the necessary preparations for the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani to the Russian capital, Moscow, during the next few weeks.
 
"Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, met with Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of his participation in the high-level meetings of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly," stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs-MOFA in a statement, received by The Iraqi News Agency-INA.
 
The statement added, "The two sides discussed prospects for joint cooperation and developing bilateral relations between the two countries."
 
Hussein confirmed that "the Iraqi side is working to complete the necessary preparations for the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani to the Russian capital, Moscow, during the next few weeks."
 
"The talks between the two sides during the visit will provide an opportunity to discuss bilateral cooperation in the political and economic fields”, he continued. Affirming" the possibility of holding the meeting of the Iraqi-Russian Joint Committee on the sidelines of this visit. "
 
For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed "his country's keenness to develop bilateral relations between the two friendly countries," pointing out that "his country looks forward to the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani to Moscow during the next few weeks."