10/28/2010
Gov't formation entering last stages - Iraqi VP
BAGHDAD, Iraqi Vice President and senior figure in the Islamic Supreme Council faction, Adel Abdulmehdi said Thursday that the obstacle of the formation of a government has entered its last stages.
During a meeting with National Security Adviser to the US Vice President, Tony Blinken, Abdulmehdi said that the victorious parties were set to hold serious talks to overcome this obstacle and form a government of national unity.
A meeting held yesterday between faction representatives, is an important development, he said, expressing hope future meetings would offer concrete results.
He also noted to Kurdistan region President Masoud Barzani's initiative for round-table talks as a crucial step.
For his part, Blinken stressed his country's continued support of the democratic process in Iraq, adding that the government formation was an Iraqi internal affair, but that the US would like to see this happen.
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