OREANDA-NEWS. September 30, 2009. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, attending the 64th General Assembly session, met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq Hoshyar Zibari in New York on September 28.

In the conversation, the sides examined a number of issues in the further strengthening of Russian-Iraqi cooperation in various areas. In particular, they pointed out the necessity to expand economic and commercial ties and to implement joint projects in the oil and gas, energy and other fields.

There was reiterated the commitment of both sides to make sure that Iraq becomes a strong, sovereign, territorially integral and democratic state that maintains good relations with its neighbors and is an element of stable development throughout the region.