Iraq’s Deputy PM confers with UN Sec-General’s Rep. in Iraq

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Iraq’s Deputy PM confers with UN Sec-General’s Rep. in Iraq

1/12/2012 2:09 PM

BAGHDAD, Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister, Saleh al-Mutlaq,has conferred in Baghdad on Thursday with the UN Sec-General’s Representative in Iraq,Martin Cobler, on the current developments on the Iraqi political arena and to bring viewpoints closer among political blocs to overcome the current crisis.

“Mutlaq has called during the meeting on the United Nations to shoulder its responsibility,highly assessing Cobler’s role to settle the problems and find understandings to strengthen democracy in Iraq,” according to a statement by Saleh’s office received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Cobler, the statement said, on his part had “expressed gratitude and appreciation for cooperation expressed by Mutlaq, demanding the political blocs to express flexibility in their positions, in order to get the country out of its current crisis.

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