Iraqi Foreign Minister to visit Moscow on January 30 to meet Lavrov

Iraq's new Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim will travel to Moscow on January 30 to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Iraqi Ambassador to Moscow Haidar Mansour Hadi said Friday, UrduPoint reported.

"Foreign Minister Mohammed Alhakim is preparing an important visit to Moscow at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, it is scheduled for January 30... The visit is very important, because this is the first visit of the minister in his post. I believe that this is a clear message to Moscow on Russia's importance. The Russian side also attaches great importance to the visit," the ambassador said during his visit to Rossiya Segodnya.