BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: Kurdish region president Masoud Barzani stressed today that Qaeda organization in present in Iraq with coordination in some other Arab countries, including Syria.

Russia Today news agency quoted Barzani, during a mini-press conference in the Iraqi embassy, that "the Syrian question has it is repercussions on the Kurdish region", stressing that "the Iraqi-Syrian borders are under control to prevent foreign fighters".

On Kurdish-Russian relation, he added that "oil Gasprom Neft company is working in the Kurdish region and signed a number of important contracts and will continue its work there", confirming that "other Russian companies are conducting talks with the Kurdish authorities".