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ERBIL, May 7 (AKnews) - President Barzani yesterday welcomed US-Iraq ambassador James Jeffery and chief of the office of security cooperation-Iraq general Robert Caslen in Salahaddin to discuss the current political crisis facing Iraq.
Both sides underlined the importance of urgently resolving the current crisis through constitutional means and by respecting the existing agreements between the political blocs.
They also emphasized the need for genuine power-sharing and expressed their support for any decision that Iraqis may take within the framework of the constitution.
President Barzani mentioned the recent meetings and consultation he held in Erbil with a number of other Iraqi leaders. He stated that the only threat to Iraq’s unity is dictatorship.
Also attending the meeting were the president’s chief of staff Fuad Hussein, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government's department of foreign relations Minister Falah Mustafa, US consul general in Erbil Alex Laskaris and a delegation from the US embassy in Baghdad.
On March 28 Barzani, leader of the Sadrist Movement Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Iraqiya List leader Ayad Allawi and Adel Abdul-Mahdi of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq all gathered in Erbil to discuss the political situation in the country.
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Both sides underlined the importance of urgently resolving the current crisis through constitutional means and by respecting the existing agreements between the political blocs.
They also emphasized the need for genuine power-sharing and expressed their support for any decision that Iraqis may take within the framework of the constitution.
President Barzani mentioned the recent meetings and consultation he held in Erbil with a number of other Iraqi leaders. He stated that the only threat to Iraq’s unity is dictatorship.
Also attending the meeting were the president’s chief of staff Fuad Hussein, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government's department of foreign relations Minister Falah Mustafa, US consul general in Erbil Alex Laskaris and a delegation from the US embassy in Baghdad.
On March 28 Barzani, leader of the Sadrist Movement Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Iraqiya List leader Ayad Allawi and Adel Abdul-Mahdi of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq all gathered in Erbil to discuss the political situation in the country.
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