MOSCOW- Russian President Vladimir Putin held a brief meeting with the prime minister of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, in Moscow on Wednesday, a Kremlin spokesman is quoted as saying by TASS news agency.
On Tuesday, a Kurdistan regional government official said that Barzani would travel to Moscow at the request of Rosneft ROSN.MM chief Igor Sechin.
Rosneft is a major investor in Iraqi Kurdistan and controls its oil pipelines. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin Editing by Alison Williams) ((vladimir.soldatkin@reuters.com; +7 495 775 12 42;))
