Iraqi Kurdistan PM in Moscow for talks on May 9 - Kurdistan regional government official
LONDON (Reuters) - The prime minister of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region will hold high-level talks in Moscow on Wednesday with Russian officials, a Kurdistan regional government official said on Tuesday.
Nechirvan Barzani will travel to Moscow at the request of Rosneft chief Igor Sechin, the official said.
Rosneft is a major investor in Iraqi Kurdistan and controls its oil pipelines.
(Reporting by Dmitry Zhdannikov; Editing by Gareth Jones)