PUTIN CONGRATULATES IRAQI PRESIDENT
MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin forwarded a message of congratulations to President Ghazi Yawer of Iraq on the latter's inauguration, reports the Kremlin press service.
"Your activities on this high post will, I am sure, promote peace and security in your country, and guarantee the sovereignty and lawful rights of the Iraqi nation," says the message.
President Putin hopes the long-established Russian-Iraqi contacts will make progress to the benefit of the two nations.
