Hamoudi coordinates Putin's visit to Iraq

by **claud39** Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:57 am

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11/11/2018

BAGHDAD (
Reuters) - President of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council Hammam Hamoudi said on Sunday he was coordinating Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Iraq, calling on Russia to adopt an initiative to end the war in Yemen.
"Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and President Putin's Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, received Hammoud Hamoudi, who is currently visiting Russia to participate in the annual conference of the Group of Strategic Vision of Russia and the Islamic World, which begins today, Sunday in the city of "Makhachkala", the capital of the Republic of Dagestan, and continues until 13 November.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries, which witnessed a great development in the economic field and convergence of political visions, as well as coordination of President Putin's visit to Iraq, and urged Russia to invest its weight in the region to adopt an initiative to stop the war in Yemen.
Hamoudi submitted a proposal to the Russian government through Bogdanov to have its own initiative to resolve the crisis in Yemen, especially in light of the international consensus on its human dimension, stressing that "Russia gained a special position through its credibility in its position in Syria and the problems of the region, And Egypt and the countries of the region in general, and is aware of everything that is happening, what can be invested in ending the war in Yemen. "
"Dependence on parties is the cause of war and contributing to it can not solve the problem," he said.
The two sides discussed several Iraqi issues and what Russia can contribute to support Iraq's stability and the development of bilateral economic relations, especially under the new government, which has a promising platform.