1 september, 2009 14:40  
 
 

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi, General Secretary of the General People's Committee (prime minister) of Libya, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the revolution marked on September 1

 
 
 

The message reads, in part: 

"Russian-Libyan relations are on the upturn. I am confident that the further development of intergovernmental contacts and mutually beneficial trade, economic, energy, infrastructure, research-technological and other forms of cooperation meet the key interests of our peoples."