Baghdad Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, discussed with the Russian Ambassador in Baghdad, Elbrus Kutrashev, prospects for enhancing joint cooperation between the two countries.

During the meeting, the minister stressed the ministry’s keenness to provide the investment environment for Russian companies and work to develop the space for joint cooperation in the clean energy sector in addition to other fields, praising the role of Russian companies in developing Iraqi oil fields.

For his part, the Russian ambassador expressed the desire of his country’s companies to increase the area of cooperation between Iraq and Russia in the oil and energy sector in a way that serves the common interests of the two countries.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency