Kuwait's parliament speaker Jassem Khorafi headed to Moscow on Monday for a four-day visit for talks with senior Russian parliamentarians and government officials, reported Kuwait's news agency (KUNA).
khorafi told reporters before his departure that the visit "comes to highlight the unique relations that the two countries enjoy, pointing to the role that Russia plays in the international arena as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a co-sponsor of Mideast peace process."
He added that the "visit is important because it will strengthen relations between the Kuwaiti parliament and the Russian Duma."
IRAQ'S PRESIDENT URGES RUSSIA TO RESTORE ITS STANDING ON INTERNATIONAL STAGE
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, ahead of a visit to Moscow by Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, urged Russia on Sunday to work to restore its status on the international stage, reported AFP on Sunday.
"Iraq wants Russia to restore its role" as a superpower, Saddam told a meeting of his leadership in which Ramadan took part, the official news agency INA reported.
Ramadan on Saturday rejected Russian proposals to that UN sanctions against Iraq should end, once weapons inspectors are allowed back to Baghdad.
The vice president, who is to visit Moscow on April 18, said "there is no Russian mediation for the lifting of sanctions against Iraq but just some Russian ideas" to break the deadlock between the United Nations and Baghdad.
Moscow said at the start of April that the two sides could easily reach a "practical plan" to lift sanctions and resume UN disarmament inspections - Albawaba.com
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