Systematic air flights between Baghdad and Moscow to begin

Ahmed Mortada, the Iraqi transportation minister said that "running systematic air flights between Russia and Iraq are to begin within 2 weeks" and that he asked Tehran's permission to use the Iranian air space.

"Airo Pilot," the Russian air company said it has signed an understanding note with envoys from the Iraqi airlines companies concerning resuming the systematic air trips from and to Iraq.

Meantime, Mortada said his country will work on reaching a real peace with Iran if good intentions exist to expand the cooperation relations on the political, commercial and economic level.