Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani will visit Moscow in the next few weeks, an Iraqi foreign ministry statement quoted Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein as saying during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, media reported on Saturday.
During the meeting, the two top diplomats discussed the prospects of joint cooperation and relations between the two countries.
"The Iraqi side is working on completing necessary preparations for a visit by Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al Sudani to the capital Moscow during the coming weeks," Hussein said.
He emphasized that talks between the two sides are an appropriate opportunity to discuss cooperation between the countries in the political and economic fields.
He also said it was possible that a meeting of the joint Iraqi-Russian committee could be held alongside the visit.
Lavrov, for his part, emphasised his country's keenness to develop the relations with Iraq, saying that he looks forward to Al Sudani's visit to Moscow in the coming weeks.
Iraq and Russia have had bilateral relations for decades.
Co-operation between Baghdad and Moscow is primarily in the fields of energy, military and security, the media reports added.
MNA/PR
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