...On April 10, he will meet President Dmitry Medvedev and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for talks on a broad range of issues. The Iraqi Government's official spokesman Ali ad-Dabbag reported that during this visit the prime minister will be accompanied by foreign, defense, and electric power industry ministers, as well as a delegation of the national oil ministry.
After the talks, on April 11, al-Maliki will hold a RIA Novosti-organized news conference in the President Hotel....
Does this mean we can go home now?
Gazprom Neft wants to develop 8 oil, gas deposits in Iraq (click here)
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11/ 04/ 2009
MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian energy giant Gazprom's oil arm Gazprom Neft is interested in developing six oil and two gas deposits in Iraq, the head of the company's Middle East projects said Saturday.
"We are participating in a tender with partners, there are six oil and two gas fields there," Alexander Kolomatsky told journalists.
Kolomatsky declined to name the partners citing commercial confidentiality. The tender's results are to be made public in the third quarter of 2009.
The announcement came after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Russian business heads to try and attract Russian investment in the oil-rich country....
