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Washington and the United Nations welcome to meet with al-Maliki and Barzani in Arbil

11.6.2013 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add a comment - 
BAGHDAD - Erbil: Hamza Mustafa
announced that the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, welcomed the visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Erbil, the day before yesterday and held the Federal Cabinet meeting normal and Ballqa who described inspired between Maliki and Massoud Barzani, President of Kurdistan Region.
Embassy said «we welcome the convening the meeting of the Iraqi cabinet and associated meetings in Erbil, including the meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, which came after a meeting of the unit which was hosted by the President of the Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim », stressing that« this is another signal indicates that leaders Iraqis are committed to strengthening the state under the Iraqi constitution, and isolate terrorists and criminal groups who seek to sow sectarian strife. The embassy confirmed that «the United States will continue to participate actively with the Iraqi government and the people who serve this government to promote our mutual interests, as has been determined by the Strategic Framework Agreement, including a commitment to democratic principles, according to the Iraqi constitution».
For his part, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General United Nations to Iraq, Ambassador Martin Kobler in a similar statement that «Maliki's visit was a positive step in the right track and we hope to be reflected in a positive and productive on the political process in Iraq. The «hope to succeed the resumption of negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil, because its success will benefit and goodness for all Iraqis».
, in turn, confirmed Mary Rayes, political advisor in the office of al-Maliki, told «Middle East» that «the atmosphere that prevailed in the meetings where she attended a part of it emphasized the importance that there will be a future building establishes a new phase of the relationship between the political leaders that are not reflected in any way on the path of bilateral disputes the work of the state and its institutions. She added that «both al-Maliki and Barzani agreed definitively to be a constitution is Faisal in any dispute as well as the agreement that Iraq is a federal republic federation and the system of government in which parliamentary and therefore this would be a real start to resolve all the problems lingering».
response a question on the emotional dimension that is often encases meetings of this kind and then return the situation to what it was said Maryam Rayes said that «the two sides stressed that there must be something practical on the ground has been represented in the activation of the committees that have already been formed and Search aspects of the constraints experienced by with an emphasis on the survival of the friendly and brotherly relationship between the two parties, even if I got to be problems on the impact of the exchange of visits and meetings between the two sides away from the protocols so that everything takes its natural path directly.She explained that «it was agreed that the application of Article 140 of the Constitution to be preceded by a census is being prepared him from now as well as the law of provincial boundaries. She added that «can not claim that all differences have been resolved, but everything went now on track».
in the same vein, confirmed the Kurdistan Alliance bloc in the Iraqi parliament to «solve the problems between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government will not be at the expense of no point at all. He said Chuan Mohamed Taha, a member of parliament for the alliance, told «Middle East» that «Iraq's problems are interrelated with each other and as to resolve any problem in any area or province in Iraq will reflect positively on the Kurdistan region of the problem-solving at least part of them between Baghdad and Erbil would have a positive impact on the provinces and blocs and others ». He said Taha that «all the forces of Kurdistan welcomed in principle to visit al-Maliki and meetings in order to resolve outstanding issues in terms of the visit in itself can give a greater opportunity for dialogue».
For his part, considered Fares السنجري, Member of Parliament for the Iraqi List, that «the meeting between Maliki and Barzani was after a friendly meeting between Maliki and Parliament Speaker Osama Najafi steps which have only to look at it welcomed adult in the case established what later ».
As for the Kurdish opposition was a position at odds with all these wishes Iraqi and international and expressed Mohamed Tawfiq Rahim, president of the Chamber of diplomatic relations In the MDC, which leads the opposition front Kurdish province of Kurdistan, which counted «courtesy visit 'and that it' will not change a thing. He added that «Maliki today faces a situation worrying, and he wanted his visit to Kurdistan to calm her forehead, especially since there are elections near, and I think that the main reason for the visit is for the sake of understanding about the benefits of oil companies, the problem is essential between the governments of the federal and regional confined to the problem of payments oil companies specifically» .


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