VOL. XLV

No 12

25 March 2002

IRAQ

Iraq And Russia To SignLong-Term Economic Cooperation Accord In April

Iraq and Russia are to sign a 10-year program of economic cooperation including 67 projects in the area of oil and gas, transport and communications in Baghdad in April. The announcement was made by Russias Energy Minister Igor Yusufov on19 March after the fourth meeting of the Russian-Iraqi IntergovernmentalCommission in Moscow. Mr Yusufovis chairman of the commission, and the vice-chairman is...