Iraq PM to visit Russia for dialogue with Putin

On October 10 and 11, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani will visit Moscow for a two-day meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a government source and another person with knowledge of the situation. According to a government source, Sudani will leave Iraq on October 9, meet with Putin on October 10, and attend business talks on October 11. Sudani was scheduled to visit Moscow last month, according to Iraqi state media, to explore political and economic relations between the two nations. (With agency inputs)