BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JUNE 17: Vagit Alekperov, chief executive officer of Russia's oil firm LUKOIL, speaks during a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki June 17, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. According to reports, the LUKOIL CEO was in Iraq to help boost cooperation between the two countries. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JUNE 17: Vagit Alekperov, chief executive officer of Russia's oil firm LUKOIL, speaks during a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki June 17, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. According to reports, the LUKOIL CEO was in Iraq to help boost cooperation between the two countries.

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