Baghdad, May 8 (UNI) Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani met on Wednesday with visiting Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and discussed energy cooperation between the two countries.

The two sides discussed ways to strengthen constructive cooperation between Iraq and Azerbaijan across various fields, particularly in the energy sector, according to a statement by al-Sudani's media office.

Al-Sudani highlighted his government's approach to establishing bilateral partnerships with Azerbaijan to implement oil sector projects, inviting Azerbaijan's state oil and gas company SOCAR to invest in oil extraction, said the statement.

Al-Sudani reaffirmed Iraq's commitment to maintaining and advancing bilateral relations, and commended Azerbaijan's supportive stance toward Iraq's security and stability, it added.

For his part, Bayramov expressed his country's keen interest in sustaining and expanding its relations with Iraq across all sectors, the statement said.

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