MOSCOW, May 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Russia on Monday expressed regret over the killing of Iraqi Governing Council rotating head Izzedin Salim and urged the international community to reconsider the Iraqi settlement model.

    "Moscow regrets the death of Iraqi Governing Council head Izzedin Salim in a bomb explosion in Baghdad," Deputy Foreign Minister Yury Fedotov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.

    "The incident is another indication of the need to reconsider the Iraqi settlement model, making it transparent, and provide forthe understanding and support of Iraqis," Fedotov said.

    "The formation of a new Iraqi government, which will acquire sovereignty and act as the temporary administration of Iraq after June 30, should meet the interests of the Iraqis and be legitimatein the eyes of the international public, primarily Iraq's neighbors," he said.

    Salim was killed on Monday by a suicide car bomb explosion neara checkpoint outside the coalition headquarters in central Baghdad.Enditem