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Forthcoming meeting to resolve differences between Baghdad and Erbil
10/04/2012 0:00
Ban Ki-moon: the national meeting an opportunity to end the political stalemate
BAGHDAD - Omar Abdel-Latif - Alaa al-Tai
seeks President Jalal Talabani to hold a meeting between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President of Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani or the head of the provincial government Nechirvan Barzani to resolve the outstanding issues between the center and the region.
comes at time of escalated it hopes to end the differences between the political blocs and to move toward the development and state building.
said the Kurdistan Alliance MP Mahmoud Othman said in a statement the "morning": that "the President of the Republic carries during his visit to Arbil, an initiative to raise the Iraqi political forces aiming to bring the views of the Baghdad and Erbil, and set a date to hold a national meeting. "
Othman continued: "The President, who visited the Kurdistan Region is currently met with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki before his departure, was discussed the current crisis and the political situation in making efforts and efforts to bridge the gap in views between Baghdad and Erbil, and the collection leaders of the federal government and the province, and a meeting between them to restore bilateral relations and resume dialogue to reach understandings in preparation for a national meeting, which includes the main blocs all, "likely to hold this meeting before the meeting of political forces and the three presidencies. The outstanding differences between Baghdad and Erbil in connection with contracts the region's oil with foreign companies as well as oil and gas law, in addition to the criticism after the host province Tareq al-Hashemi required for the elimination of Iraq, and other issues as the Peshmerga forces and Article 140. "
said deputy Burhan Mohammed Faraj "morning": "President Talabani will meet President of the Government of the Territory and his deputy in an effort to bridge the gap in views between Arbil and Baghdad after meeting with the Prime Minister in Baghdad, "noting that the President purports to also collect all of the Prime Minister and President of the Kurdistan region soon, at the same table to resolve differences between the parties."
MP Mehdi Haji has announced the existence of serious attempts by some international parties to find a way out of this problem existing.
In New York, said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in remarks cited by the second periodic report submitted by the United Nations Mission in Iraq to the UN Security Council under resolution 2001 to 2011, "The National Congress proposed by the President of the Republic is an important opportunity to end the current stalemate and begin a dialogue that can address the political differences remaining," calling on "all the leaders to redouble their efforts for the success of the conference and ensure to take place in a spirit of consensus and partnership."
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