Russia ready to rebuild Iraq after war

ChrisD(RJ) chrisd at russiajournal.com
Wed Apr 2 06:30:17 PST 2003


15:24 - 28th Mar [Friday], 2003 Russia ready to rebuild Iraq after war

MOSCOW - Russia is ready to participate in the reconstruction of Iraq after the end of the war, Russian Energy Minister Igor Yusufov told reporters Thursday.

"Currently, we are working so that all Russian companies that have interests in Iraq immediately return there and resume working after the war comes to an end," he said.

Despite the war, a Russia-Iraq intergovernmental commission that is headed by Yusufov continues to work, he noted.

Russian companies' contracts in Iraq are estimated at about U.S. $42 billion, ITAR-TASS reported. /Prime-Tass/



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