August 28, 2010
Talabani, Jeffrey review political blocs’ talks to form government.
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Saturday discussed with U.S. ambassador to Iraq the current talks among political blocs to form a new government, according to a presidential release.
“Talabani and Jeffrey discussed developments in Iraq in general and bilateral relations binding the two countries,” read the release as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The statement quoted Jeffrey as saying, “the United States, which stood by the Iraqis in their ordeal and helped them get rid of dictatorship, is still offering support for them through developing political, economic, trade and cultural relations”.
He expressed hope the Iraqis would surmount this stage and speed up formation of a new government in a way that expresses the aspirations of all Iraqi groups.
The differences reached their highest levels between the main two blocs, al-Iraqiya and the State of Law, with the first obtaining 91 out of the new parliament’s 325 seats while the second obtained 89 seats.
The State of Law formed a coalition with the INA to garner the largest number of seats in the new parliament. This claim was rejected by al-Iraqiya bloc, which argued that it had been the winner of the largest number of seats in the parliament and that it has the right to form the new government.
Iraq’s March 7 nationwide elections had ended with the success of four main Iraqi political blocs, with Allawi’s Iraqiya winning 91 seats, followed by Maliki’s State of Law with 89 seats, Ammar Al-Hakim’s INA with 70 seats and the Kurdistan Alliance of Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barazani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani as well as a number of Kurdish Islamic parties with 57 seats.
AmR (S)
Talabani, Jeffrey review political blocs’ talks to form government.
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Saturday discussed with U.S. ambassador to Iraq the current talks among political blocs to form a new government, according to a presidential release.
“Talabani and Jeffrey discussed developments in Iraq in general and bilateral relations binding the two countries,” read the release as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The statement quoted Jeffrey as saying, “the United States, which stood by the Iraqis in their ordeal and helped them get rid of dictatorship, is still offering support for them through developing political, economic, trade and cultural relations”.
He expressed hope the Iraqis would surmount this stage and speed up formation of a new government in a way that expresses the aspirations of all Iraqi groups.
The differences reached their highest levels between the main two blocs, al-Iraqiya and the State of Law, with the first obtaining 91 out of the new parliament’s 325 seats while the second obtained 89 seats.
The State of Law formed a coalition with the INA to garner the largest number of seats in the new parliament. This claim was rejected by al-Iraqiya bloc, which argued that it had been the winner of the largest number of seats in the parliament and that it has the right to form the new government.
Iraq’s March 7 nationwide elections had ended with the success of four main Iraqi political blocs, with Allawi’s Iraqiya winning 91 seats, followed by Maliki’s State of Law with 89 seats, Ammar Al-Hakim’s INA with 70 seats and the Kurdistan Alliance of Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barazani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani as well as a number of Kurdish Islamic parties with 57 seats.
AmR (S)
