August 14, 2010Maliki meets Feltman, says optimistic about breakthrough soon
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met in Baghdad on Saturday with Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, and his accompanying delegation to disucss recent developments regarding the formation of a new government in Iraq.
“Maliki asserted that the dialogues are going on in the right direction and expressed optimism about reaching a solution satisfactory to all partners soon,” according to a government statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Maliki stressed the need to have a purely Iraqi solution, welcoming any role that would back Iraqis’ efforts and not to replace it.
“There is a common space for all views offered to form a government. I hope this space would act as a basis on which a new genuine national partnership government would be formed,” the Iraqi premier said.
For his part, Feltman voiced the United States’ readiness to back Iraqis’ efforts, praising the Iraqi blocs’ negotiations to form a government as soon as possible.
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