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| Iraq |
| Kurds pause negotiations, waiting to name PM |
| 2010-07-12 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Kurdistan Alliance is waiting to learn the nominee who will occupy the position of Iraq’s prime minister in order to start actual negotiations about the government’s program and work mechanisms. “Negotiations will start only after we learn who will be the new prime minister of Iraq,” Mahmoud Othman, a leading figure of the Kurdistan Alliance, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Sunday. “At that point, actual negotiations will start regarding government’s program and work mechanisms,” Othman explained. He pointed out that negotiations are inconclusive unless blocs know the new president, prime minister, and parliament speaker. “We have not joined any alliance, and we currently have no bias towards any side,” Othman stressed. He added that the Kurdistan Alliance may join alliances in future, depending on dialogues with other blocs. |
| Posted by:Steve White |