Russian foreign minister Lavrov in Iraq for energy talks amid Ukraine war

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Iraq on Sunday for talks on energy and food security in view of the Ukraine conflict, an Iraqi foreign ministry spokesman said.

He landed in Baghdad late on Sunday at the head of a large delegation that includes “oil and gas companies and investors”, Ahmed al-Sahhaf told AFP.

On Monday, Lavrov will meet his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, the state news agency INA quoted Sahhaf as saying.

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