VOL. XLVI

No 3

20-January-2003

IRAQ

Russian Delegation Seeks To Consolidate Oil Ties With Baghdad Despite War Threat

A Russian delegation, headed by deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov, arrived in Baghdad on 15 January. Despite the continuing US and UK military build-up in the Gulf and the apparently growing prospect of war, the delegation comprising deputy Energy Minister Ivan Matlashov, and senior officials from Lukoil and other Russian oil companies is seeking to consolidate relations...