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P 061246Z JUN 08
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8473
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS MOSCOW 001625
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E.O. 12958: N/A
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SUBJECT: RUSSIA WILL ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 60393
(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