Foreign Intelligence Service declines to comment on reported shipment of Iraqi archives

MOSCOW. April 9 (Interfax-AVN) - The Foreign Intelligence Service has refrained from commenting on media reports that the Russian diplomatic convoy in Iraq was attacked due to "a direct clash of interests between the Foreign Intelligence Service and the CIA."

"We can only repeat several journalists' fantasies without comment. Unfortunately, (the report - Interfax) has appeared again," the service noted.

On Wednesday, media reported that the Foreign Intelligence Service used the diplomatic convoy as a cover to transport the Iraqi special services' archives. The CIA allegedly hindered the action.

Earlier, the Foreign Intelligence Service reportedly tried to gain access to the archives in Baghdad.