President Rashid receives the Russian President's special envoy
President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid received the Special Envoy of the Russian President on Friday.
A statement from the President's Media Office received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) stated that "the President of the Republic received Mikhail Bogdanov, the Special Envoy of the Russian President, at Al-Salam Palace."
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