MOSCOW. Feb 27 (Interfax) - Supplies of Russian weapons to Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan improve their combat potential in the fight against ISIL (banned in Russia), Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian deputy foreign minister and special presidential representative for the Middle East and the African countries a high-ranking Russian diplomat, said on Monday.
"Supplies of Russian weapons and military hardware to Baghdad strengthen the Iraqi armed forces' combat capability. We are also helping Iraqi Kurdistan," Bogdanov said at the conference 'The Middle East: When Will Tomorrow Come?' held by the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow.
Moscow "is working closely with the Iraqis in fighting ISIL, both in Iraq itself and in the neighboring Syria," he said.