July 5, 2010Biden meets Allawi in private ~ And proposes a hotline between him and the White House
(Voice of Iraq) - Iraqi leadership in the list: U.S. Vice President urged the agreement with Maliki's coalition
لندن: معد فياض بغداد: «الشرق الأوسط» London: Masum Baghdad: «Middle East»
Negotiations were launched Joe Biden vice president, who arrived the day before in Baghdad, in a house Rafie al-Issawi Deputy Prime Minister and chief negotiator for the Iraqi List yesterday with a meeting with Iyad Allawi, the Iraqi prime minister and former leader of the winning list in the recent elections in two rounds of the year and in private.
He described Mohamed Allawi, leader of the Iraqi List, a meeting Allawi, Biden called «positive», pointing out that «the Vice President commended the wisdom of Allawi and his experiments political consideration by the U.S. administration to respect and special recognition.
Leader, who attended the meeting told «Middle East» by telephone «Vice President expressed his sense of the need to agree all of the existing Iraqi and coalition rule of law led by Nuri al-Maliki, President of the outgoing government, as the coalitions are the desire of the Iraqi street», he stressed the importance of «form a government of national partnership and all-inclusive nor marginalize anyone.
The leader added that U.S. Vice President suggested setting up a telephone hotline between Allawi and the White House for the opportunity to talk about outstanding issues, and expressing the desire of President Barack Obama talk with the head of the Iraqi List.The meeting Biden, Allawi was in the house Issawi being located in the Green Zone, which was not allowed to leave the U.S. vice-president, as He did have a meeting with Biden in the building of the U.S. Embassy, was chosen as a location-based Iraqi to begin with.
On the other hand, Mohamed Allawi, «talks with the rule of law is good and positive and moving in the right direction», noting that «is not to discuss points of contention so far, namely the insistence of al-Maliki to stay in office as prime minister next» He said «The Iraqi List will waive the due constitutional form the next government, but to talk about the negotiation positions of sovereign or other governing is not nothing to do with our limited resources, we are the owners of a constitutional entitlement, this is the voter's eligibility, which is expected of us do change.
For his part, Issawi said that the Iraqi List, engaged in a dialogue with all the blocs remain, including a coalition of law, and said «we had yesterday, the third meeting with a coalition of law, and therefore the talks between the Iraqi List and the other blocks list and ongoing nothing to do with the timing of the visit of Vice President frames, such meetings.
After the meeting with Allawi went Biden to meet with Maliki as sources from inside the Green Zone that Biden was wandering in the area by plane accompanied by two of the protection in not meeting the leader of Iraqi National Coalition Hakim yesterday and is expected to be meeting today or tomorrow.
To that, he denounced the Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr and Sadr al-Din al-Qabanji leadership in the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council led by Hakim U.S. pressure on the formation of the new government.
Al-Sadr lives in Iran since 2007 in a statement «I would recommend and Iyad Allawi, Maliki not to allow the occupier, but will be meeting for the application of the Iraqi American agenda».
"Said Sadr« I invite the candidates for prime minister, who clung to this position or nomination to submit the interest of Iraq and give up for anyone who is good or the fittest, the lengthening of the inauguration of this center in which evil »in reference to the rejection of Maliki took office, again, as reported by Agence France-Presse.
For his part, said Qabbanji before a delegation of the tribes in Najaf that the presence of Biden to Iraq «should not pose any prejudice to the will of the Iraqi Government on the formation and transit of the crisis».
He added that «the formation of the government should be away from the pressures of foreign international and regional secure Iraq at the time of the policy of positive coexistence with everyone.
Those words reflect the fear of the parties of an agreement between Maliki and Allawi to form a government with U.S. encouragement, which could lead to their dismissal by.