Kobler: Maliki’s visit to Arbil, an encouraging step and should be reflected positively

Kobler: Maliki’s visit to Arbil, an encouraging step and should be reflected positively on the political process

Monday, June 10 / June 2013 09:05 | | |

President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani and Maliki.{Baghdad: Euphrates News} welcomed the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Martin Kobler, the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his cabinet ministers on Sunday to Erbil and the meeting between the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani and Maliki.

He said Kubler in a press statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} copy of it today “This visit is an encouraging step in the right direction, and should be reflected positively on the political process,” hoping to “help the talks successful between the two sides to resolve all outstanding issues between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government, and lead to results that will benefit the Iraqi people. ”

And reached the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday to Erbil, and was greeted by the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani and Barham Saleh, deputy secretary-general of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and Barzani President of the Kurdistan Regional Government and a number of party members and government officials.

The Cabinet held yesterday its regular meeting headed by al-Maliki and the presence of his two deputies, in the hall of the martyr Saad Abdullah in Arbil The meeting addressed a number of important issues.

As was later hold a joint meeting between the presidencies of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government, which was attended by the Government of the Territory Barzani President of Kurdistan Regional Government and Imad Ahmed, deputy prime minister, Fuad Hussein, president of the Presidium of the region, and the meeting was attended by the federal government al-Maliki, Saleh Fayad Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, where they discussed issues concerning the problems between Erbil and Baghdad, and the points that have been agreed upon during the Nechirvan Barzani’s visit to Baghdad earlier.

A delegation from the Kurdistan region under the chairmanship of the regional government Nechirvan Barzani visited Baghdad on Monday, 04/29/2013, and membership of the governor of Kirkuk, Najm al-Din Karim, Secretary General of the Ministry of Peshmerga team Jabbar Yawar, the Minister of Planning Ali Sindi and a number of officials Kurds, where he met led coalition National and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Parliament Speaker Osama Najafi, and a number of Iraqi political parties, to discuss the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, and ways to resolve their differences.

And announced that the United States of America welcomed the convening of the meeting of the Iraqi Council of Ministers and associated meetings on Sunday in Erbil, indicating that “this meeting, the product of unity meeting hosted by President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim.” Ended

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