Talabani,
Barazani and U.S. ambassador meet in Sulaimaniyah
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region (Iraq),
October 25, -– Iraqi President Jalal Talabani,
Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani and U.S.
ambassador in Iraq Zalmai Khalilzad began on
Wednesday a tripartite meeting in Dukan resort in
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan satellite TV said.
Khalilzad’s meeting with Talabani and Barzani is his
first with Iraqi leaders after returning from the
United States where he met President George Bush.
The US ambassador started this midday with a meeting
with President of the Republic of Iraq and President
of Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani" said an
official with the Barzani-led Kurdish Democratic
Party.
The meeting would discuss the deteriorating
situation in Iraq and Khalilzad would inform
Talabani and Barzani of issues discussed with
President Bush, the channel said. |

U.S. ambassador in Iraq Zalmai Khalilzad (L),
Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani (C), Iraqi
President Jalal Talabani |