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Jalal Talabani met with U.S. Senator John
Kerry
18.12.2006
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BAGHDAD, December
18, -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told a
visiting U.S. Congress delegation on Sunday that the
solution to Iraq's problems should be through
linking security to the political course.
Talabani received on Sunday members of the U.S.
Congress delegation at his residence in the capital
Baghdad, read a statement issued by the presidency.
Among the members was Senator John Kerry, the former
Democratic Party U.S. presidential candidate.
The American delegation had arrived in Baghdad
Sunday on a previously unannounced visit to Iraq,
coinciding with a visit by British Prime Minister
Tony Blair.
Earlier, the delegation met with Iraqi Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki. |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, right, U.S.
Senator John Kerry |
The statement pointed out that Talabani has offered
the delegation members "a detailed explanation on
the current situation in the country and
developments of the political process aimed at
entrenching democracy there (and briefed them on)
efforts to set up a front encompassing all powers
that believe in the march of democracy" in Iraq.
The Congress delegation "highly appreciated
President Talabani's role in pushing forward the
political process in Iraq and pro-reconciliation
stance."
Talabani, in a joint press conference with Blair on
Sunday, said the prevailing orientation in Iraq now
"is heading towards national reconciliation and
rapprochement."
The president's comments, reported in an E-mail sent
by Talabani's office, were made after he met in
Baghdad with congressman Christopher Shays, a
Republican representative from Connecticut.
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