Rosneft officially announced earlier in the day that the agreements were signed at the forum.
"[Under this deal] we get access to a large oil pipeline from Kurdistan to Turkey. This is a long-term contract for 20 years," Leontyev was quoted as saying.
The press secretary reportedly said that the parties signed a number of binding agreements on production, trading, logistics, infrastructure development, five production-sharing agreements.
"This is a strategic investment. Kurdistan is one of the most actively developing regions… I think this is the largest deal that has been signed now at [SPIEF]," Leontyev said, as quoted by the broadcaster.
Moreover, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not discuss with Prime Minister of the Regional Government of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani military issues or arms supplies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
"No, this was not discussed at all," Peskov told reporters on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), when asked whether military issues were discussed, adding that the sides discussed oil and other types of cooperation.
SPIEF, a major global platform for communication between business representatives and discussion of crucial economic issues, kicked off in Russia’s St. Petersburg on Thursday and will continue through Saturday. Sputnik News Agency is the official media partner of the forum.
