Russian plane takes 120 European figures to Iraq

A group of 120 European figures, comprising businessmen and members of the European parliament, will go to Baghdad this September 29 on a Russian flight, reports the Russian media.

Russian air company Vnoukovo has accepted to lend the plane to the delegation despite the UN 10-year long embargo on Iraq.

The delegation will take part in Iraq in a conference on the 10th anniversary of the enforcement of UN sanctions on the gulf country.

Last Sunday, a Russian plane carrying an economic delegation had landed in Iraq in defiance of the UN sanctions.