MOSCOW / BAGHDAD – February 6 (ONLINE) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iraqi counterpart discussed unpaid bills owed to Russian oil companies because of US sanctions over the Ukraine conflict.
“The sanctions should not be imposed on Iraq because its cooperation continues with Russian companies,” Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told reporters, standing alongside Lavrov.
Hussein said there would be a meeting “in the coming months” of a joint committee on bilateral relations with Russia to discuss the issue.
Since the Ukraine war began nearly a year ago, the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Russian officials, banks and financial institutions, raising fears in third countries about any transactions involving Russia.
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