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Kurd calls for adopting Kurdistan
reconciliation experiment in Iraq
22.5.2007
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Kurdish
MP: Our Experiment a Model for Iraq
May 22, 2007
Baghdad, -- A member of the Kurdistan
Coalition parliamentary bloc called on Monday
political parties and blocs to adopt Kurdistan's
national reconciliation experiment, considering it
valid for application in other parts of Iraq.
"It was an initiative from the two main parties in
Kurdistan: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and
the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK), which showed
flexibility and presented different kind of
concessions," legislator Nouzad Refaat Saleh told
VOI.
"The initiative succeeded in Kurdistan thanks to the
effort made by the two major parties in the region,"
he added.
The Iraqi government will hold a special conference
for political parties and blocs within the national
reconciliation project next month.
The government had held two conferences related to
the national reconciliation, the first was for the
national forces and political movements and the
second for the former Iraqi army's senior officers.
"The reconciliation conference, to be held in June,
is a good initiative, but we hope to be fruitful and
positive," Saleh also said. |
September 17, 1998. At-the-time US Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright (L) watches as Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan leader Jalal Talabani (R) and
Kudistan Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani (C)
shake hands at the US State Department in Washington
DC. in one of a number of US-brokered détentes
between the rival Kurdish factions. AFP |
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"We hope that all participants would determine their
actual position regarding the Iraqi cause and
cooperate to provide the best for Iraqis," the
Kurdish lawmaker noted.
"All parties have to mild their positions and to be
more flexible for the good of Iraqi people," he
emphasized.
He described talks between Iran and U.S. regarding
the situation in Iraq at the end of the running
month as "fragile", noting that disputes between
Iran and U.S. are deeply rooted and agreement
between two sides vis-à-vis the Iraqi issue is
difficult.
There were two administrations since 1991 until 2006
in Iraq's Kurdistan region. The first administration
was based in Erbil under the present Iraq's
Kurdistan region while the other was in Sulaimaniyah
under the present Iraq President Jalal al-Talabani.
Last year, the two major Kurdish parties agreed to
unite the two administrations under one government
with Erbil be the capital of the region.
Iraq's Kurdistan region comprises provinces of Erbil,
Sulaimaniyah and Duhuk in "northern Iraq".
VOI
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