RUSSIA PRESSES TO END SANCTIONS ON BAGHDAD. Foreign Minister
Igor Ivanov told UNMOVIC chairman Hans Blix in Moscow on 10
November that Moscow wants to work closely with that
organization, ITAR-TASS reported. Meanwhile, a Russian plane
carrying Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader Vladimir
Zhirinovskii and a number of doctors landed in Baghdad on 10
November, INA reported. Representatives of the pro-Kremlin
Unity party also flew to Iraq the same day to participate in
a conference calling for an end to sanctions on that country,
Interfax reported. Russian trade officials said Moscow is
prepared to help restore the Iraqi economy, Interfax said.
And Russia's ambassador to Iraq Aleksandr Shein said that the
value of Russian commodity deliveries to Iraq have exceeded
$500 million during the last six months. PG
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