Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki met here on Thursday with the visiting Alexander Fomin, Head of Russia\'s Federal Military-Technical Cooperation.  They discussed Iraq\'s need for weapons and equipment to strengthen its forces to fight terrorism. Maliki stressed importance of developing relations between the two countries in all fields, particularly in the field of combating terrorism and providing the Iraqi army with necessary equipment and weapons for chasing armed groups. For his part, Alexander Fomin expressed his country\'s desire to develop relations with Iraq at all levels, noting that the Russian leadership concern with these relations.