September 2, 2010
ERBIL-Hewlêr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — A top Kurdish official
dismissed on Thursday the media reports that the
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has pressed Kurds to
back off from their demands to occupy the office of
Iraq’s president for another term.
Jalal Talabani, Iraq's current president is a Kurd
and has been nominated by the Kurdish parties to
retain office for another four-year term.
After attending a ceremony in Baghdad to mark the
end of U.S. combat mission, Biden arrived in Erbil
on Wednesday evening to hold talks with Massoud
Barzani, Kurdistan Region's president and other
senior Kurdish officials.
Falah Mustafa, Kurdistan’s chief of foreign
relations told aknews that the reports about Biden
pressuring the Kurds to compromise over the post of
Iraq’s president are “baseless.”
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President of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Massoud
Barzani (R) with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden Wednesday in Erbil, September 1, 2010. KRP
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