Al-Maliki met in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as well as Russian President Dimitry Medvedev. The primary focus of the meeting was regarding the restoration of oil and gas development contracts signed before 2003, when the United States led the invasion of Iraq. Russian President Dimitry Medvedev A more controversial issue has been the reestablishment of energy agreements canceled during Saddam Hussein's regime, before Iraq was invaded. Of particular interest was the Russian oil company Lukoil, whose US$3.4 billion contract was nullified by Iraq in 2002. Saddam's government claimed the company had not fulfilled its contractual obligations in developing the West Qurna-2 oilfield.
Al-Maliki met in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as well as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The primary focus of the meeting was regarding the restoration of oil and gas development contracts signed before 2003, when the United States led the invasion of Iraq. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev A more controversial issue has been the reestablishment of energy agreements canceled during Saddam Hussein's regime, before Iraq was invaded. Of particular interest was the Russian oil company Lukoil, whose US$3.4 billion contract was nullified by Iraq in 2002. Saddam's government claimed the company had not fulfilled its contractual obligations in developing the West Qurna-2 oilfield.
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