MOSCOW (AFX) – A senior US defense adviser suggested in an interview published in Moscow that Russia was likely to lose rights to Iraqi oil contracts signed under the Saddam Hussein regime. “There is a high probability that all previous deals with Russia will be declared meaningless,” Richard Perle, counselor to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld,…
IRAQ: Russia likely to lose oil contracts – top US adviser
Posted on April 25, 2003 by EnergyAsia