Russian Ambassador to Iraq Chamov meets with Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday in Iraq.
The Russian ambassador to Iraq flew to this southern city Monday and started talks with the anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, the Associated Press news agency reported on Monday quoting a source in the Russian embassy.
Ambassador Vlidimer Chamov was making the first visit by a Russian envoy to al-Sadr’s office since the war in Iraq started two years ago, embassy protocol chief Ivan Zhurba said.