Putin, Iraqi Kurdistan premier to meet briefly on sidelines of SPIEF forum - Ushakov

MOSCOW. May 31 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a brief meeting with Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.

"[There will be] a very brief meeting with Nechervan Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdish autonomous region of the Republic of Iraq," Ushakov told journalists.