Qa'da 04, 1431, Oct 12 (SPA) -- Bahrain's Oil and Gas Affairs Minister and National Oil and Gas Authority Chairman Dr Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza today received an invitation from Russian First Deputy President and Oil and Energy Minister Viktor Zubkov to visit Moscow. Russian Ambassador to Bahrain Yuri Alexander delivered the invitation to Dr Mirza who hailed the strong bilateral relations bonding Bahrain and the Russian Federation. He also announced that he would visit Moscow soon to discuss joint cooperation in the field of natural gas, according to a report of Bahrain News Agency (BNA). He cited the landmark visit of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa last December to Russia, during which a key memorandum of cooperation had been signed. During the meeting, Dr Mirza and the Russian diplomat discussed key economic issues.