Cablegate: Russia Will Attend Friends of Iraq Conference

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SUBJECT: RUSSIA WILL ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE

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(SBU) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Elbrus Kutrashev told us on June
6 that Russia will attend the June 17-19 Friends of Iraq
conference in Abu Dhabi. Russia will be represented by
either MFA Director for the Middle East Sergey Vershinin or
the Russian Ambassador to the UAE.
RUSSELL

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