6/20/2011
Positive and Frank Political Leaders' Meeting - Presidential Statement
Baghdad, A presidential statement said today that the meeting of the political leaders was held in positive and frank atmosphere, during which it was agreed to stop all media abuses that might tense the atmosphere.
The statement, copy received by Aswat al-Iraq, added that the meeting was held upon an invitation by President Jalal Talabani, during which overall and frank discussions were held for pending issued.
It said that agreement was reached to "work for ending political crises and pacify the atmosphere among the political entities to start a new stage for better political, governmental and parliamentary work".
The meeting was attended by President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister, Vice-Presidents, Vice-Premiers, Chairman of Higher Legislative Council, Parliament Deputies, Kurdistan President representative And heads of political entities, as reported in the statement.
It added that President Talabani received a letter of regret not to attend from Parliamentary Speaker Usama Nujaifi for his official parliamentary trip to the United States, and a telephone call from Iraqiyah bloc leader Ayad Alawi for his departure for health reasons.
The statement quoted Talabani that "it was a successful and good meeting, where two subjects were discussed, the first on the US forces presence".
"It was decided to have another special session to get a political decision in this regard by the forces that contributed in today's discussion", the statement confirmed.
As regards the second point, the statement added that discussions were held on the general political situation, Barzani's initiative and Arbil agreement.
"A third meeting shall be held , we hope with the participation of Alawi, to finalize the present understandings", the statement elaborated.
The security question was thoroughly discussed as well as the preparedness of the Iraqi forces.
Iraq’s top leaders discuss US troop presence
2011-06-20
Iraqi political leaders convened on Monday at the Iraqi president’s office in Baghdad.
The meeting attendants included Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, Iraq Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, representative of Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani and representatives of all other political factions.
Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in a press conference after the meeting announced that they discussed two importance topics: presence of U.S. troops in Iraq and Iraqi political situation in general.
He said that they decided to hold a special meeting to make a political decision about presence of the US forces in Iraq.
He also said that they decided to stop exchanging political rhetoric among parties and they reaffirmed to be committed to the pact agreed up on by all political parties.
