Russia denies plans to send troops to Iraq

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Russia denies plans to send troops to Iraq
Press Trust of India
Moscow, July 20

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_897406%2C00050003.htm

Russia on Tuesday categorically denied plans to send up to 40,000 troops to Iraq or Afghanistan under a reported deal with Washington.

Earlier the US Strategic Forecast - Stratfor Analytical Agency had reported about secret negotiations between Washington and Moscow on dispatching up to 40,000 Russian troops with Chechnya experience in exchange for economic concessions.

In his categorical statement Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko rejected US reports as groundless that Moscow and Washington are conducting talks on the dispatch of Russian military to Iraq in exchange for economic concessions.

"There are no plans of dispatch Russia's military contingent to Iraq," Yakovenko was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.