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ERBIL, 26 March (AKnews) - Kurds have officially decided to take part in next month's national conference, said the second deputy chairman of the Iraqi parliament Arf Tayfur today.
Tayfur added that he will participate in the conference along with the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Rowsch Nuri Shaways and representatives of the Kurdish Blocs Coalition.
The head of the Kurdish coalition in the Iraqi parliament, Fuad Masum, told AKnews that Kurds have their own agenda for the conference, namely the Erbil agreement.
The agreement proposed by Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani ended a nine-month dispute over who should run the government following March 2010's elections. The deal, which was signed by all the major political party leaders in Erbil, reinstated Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki for the second successive term.
Maliki's elections rival, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, whose Iraqiya List won the elections, was promised a National Council for Strategic Policies in return for his concession over the PM post. The council was not formed and the Maliki's State of Law Coalition and Iraqiya began incriminating and accusing each other of violating the Erbil pact.
President of Iraq Jalal Talabani has selected April 5 for the long-heralded national conference to solve the political issues in the country.
Disputes between Iraq and the Kurdistan Region can be witnessed in three ways: the oil and gas law, the Peshmarga budget and arguments over provinces.
By Fryad Muhammed
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Tayfur added that he will participate in the conference along with the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Rowsch Nuri Shaways and representatives of the Kurdish Blocs Coalition.
The head of the Kurdish coalition in the Iraqi parliament, Fuad Masum, told AKnews that Kurds have their own agenda for the conference, namely the Erbil agreement.
The agreement proposed by Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani ended a nine-month dispute over who should run the government following March 2010's elections. The deal, which was signed by all the major political party leaders in Erbil, reinstated Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki for the second successive term.
Maliki's elections rival, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, whose Iraqiya List won the elections, was promised a National Council for Strategic Policies in return for his concession over the PM post. The council was not formed and the Maliki's State of Law Coalition and Iraqiya began incriminating and accusing each other of violating the Erbil pact.
President of Iraq Jalal Talabani has selected April 5 for the long-heralded national conference to solve the political issues in the country.
Disputes between Iraq and the Kurdistan Region can be witnessed in three ways: the oil and gas law, the Peshmarga budget and arguments over provinces.
By Fryad Muhammed
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