Biden calls for Iraqi leaders to resolve political differen
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:28 amBiden calls for Iraqi leaders to resolve political differences
Date: Monday, 01/30/2012 14:26
Lebanese Al-Mustaqbal Newspaper
Monday, 30/1/2012 called on Vice President Joe Biden, Iraqi leaders to resolve their differences before a possible national conference will bring together political parties in Iraq, where a political crisis since the end of the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The White House said in a statement that Biden made a telephone call Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, leader of the Iraqi list and phoned Iraqi Council of Representatives Osama Najafi, explaining that Biden stressed in these two connections on the "importance of resolving outstanding problems through the political process." The White House statement said that Allawi and Najafi briefed Biden on the ongoing consultations " between all political forces and the Iraqi parties as a prelude to a national conference proposal, headed by President Jalal Talabani. " Iraq is gripped by a political crisis erupted days after the withdrawal of the last American soldiers from the country's mid-December (December). and urged the United States and the United Nations Iraqi parties to the truce and called to dialogue, to no avail. The Iraqi bloc decided to boycott the Parliament and the Council of Ministers, accusing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki exclusivity power and non-fulfillment of the principle of national partnership. The decision to list led by Allawi, backed by Sunni figures after it issued the Iraqi judiciary in the December 19 (December) arrest warrants last Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and prevented him from traveling to the charges of the support and financing "terrorist" acts carried out by bodyguards. provided Hashemi to Kurdistan's autonomous, and refused to authorities in the province handed over to the judiciary in Baghdad. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of no confidence for his deputy, Saleh al-Mutlaq as well, who belongs to the Iraqi List, after Maliki described as "a dictator worse than Saddam" Hussein, former Iraqi leader. On the other hand, the delegation of the Arab League, headed by the Deputy Secretary General of the League Ambassador Ahmed Ben Helli visit to Baghdad today to prepare for the summit the annual Arab hosted by Iraq. He said bin Helli told reporters that the visit of the delegation of the university will take four days to "prepare for the Arab summit scheduled in Baghdad the end of March next and put the finishing touches to preparations for the logistical, technical and administrative for the summit." He added: "The delegation will meet with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and a number of senior officials of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry to discuss the procedures and the final arrangements to host the Baghdad Arab summit. " He believed that the visit "confirms the insistence of the Arab League and Iraq to hold the Arab summit scheduled in Baghdad, given the circumstances experienced by the Arab region, especially after the revolutions of Arab spring, which requires the convening of the Arab Summit in a timely manner without delay. " and the complexity of the Arab summit each year in March, but it was not held last year due to the outbreak of the revolutions of the Arab. He says Arab diplomats that there are doubts about the possibility of the summit because of the security situation in Iraq and the political divide in this country. (AFP)
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Date: Monday, 01/30/2012 14:26
Lebanese Al-Mustaqbal Newspaper
Monday, 30/1/2012 called on Vice President Joe Biden, Iraqi leaders to resolve their differences before a possible national conference will bring together political parties in Iraq, where a political crisis since the end of the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The White House said in a statement that Biden made a telephone call Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, leader of the Iraqi list and phoned Iraqi Council of Representatives Osama Najafi, explaining that Biden stressed in these two connections on the "importance of resolving outstanding problems through the political process." The White House statement said that Allawi and Najafi briefed Biden on the ongoing consultations " between all political forces and the Iraqi parties as a prelude to a national conference proposal, headed by President Jalal Talabani. " Iraq is gripped by a political crisis erupted days after the withdrawal of the last American soldiers from the country's mid-December (December). and urged the United States and the United Nations Iraqi parties to the truce and called to dialogue, to no avail. The Iraqi bloc decided to boycott the Parliament and the Council of Ministers, accusing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki exclusivity power and non-fulfillment of the principle of national partnership. The decision to list led by Allawi, backed by Sunni figures after it issued the Iraqi judiciary in the December 19 (December) arrest warrants last Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and prevented him from traveling to the charges of the support and financing "terrorist" acts carried out by bodyguards. provided Hashemi to Kurdistan's autonomous, and refused to authorities in the province handed over to the judiciary in Baghdad. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of no confidence for his deputy, Saleh al-Mutlaq as well, who belongs to the Iraqi List, after Maliki described as "a dictator worse than Saddam" Hussein, former Iraqi leader. On the other hand, the delegation of the Arab League, headed by the Deputy Secretary General of the League Ambassador Ahmed Ben Helli visit to Baghdad today to prepare for the summit the annual Arab hosted by Iraq. He said bin Helli told reporters that the visit of the delegation of the university will take four days to "prepare for the Arab summit scheduled in Baghdad the end of March next and put the finishing touches to preparations for the logistical, technical and administrative for the summit." He added: "The delegation will meet with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and a number of senior officials of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry to discuss the procedures and the final arrangements to host the Baghdad Arab summit. " He believed that the visit "confirms the insistence of the Arab League and Iraq to hold the Arab summit scheduled in Baghdad, given the circumstances experienced by the Arab region, especially after the revolutions of Arab spring, which requires the convening of the Arab Summit in a timely manner without delay. " and the complexity of the Arab summit each year in March, but it was not held last year due to the outbreak of the revolutions of the Arab. He says Arab diplomats that there are doubts about the possibility of the summit because of the security situation in Iraq and the political divide in this country. (AFP)
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