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Iraqi Kurdistan's opposition leader
Nawshirwan Mustafa returns after talks with Iranian
officials
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Iraqi K urdistan's
opposition leader
Nawshirwan Mustafa (L) met with Iranian Foreign
Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, July 2, 2012. Photo MEHR
SULAIMANIYAH,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The general
coordinator of the Kurdistan Region’s Movement for
Change (Gorran) opposition party met with Iranian
officials this week to discuss the ongoing political
disputes between Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. For
the first time, Nawshirwan Mustafa met with Foreign
Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, parliament speaker Ali
Larijani and Saeed Jalili, head of Iran's Supreme
National Security Council.
The political situation in Iraq and the Kurdistan
Region remains tense. Political leaders want to
withdraw confidence from Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri
al-Maliki and the PM is expected to be questioned
before Iraq’s Parliament. No members of the Change
Movement signed the request to withdraw confidence
from Maliki. The party believes Kurds should not get
involved in the conflict. The Change Movement says
it is committed to dialogue.
Mustafa’s visit follows an invitation from Tehran,
which Iranian ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Danaifar
gave to Mustafa in May. The Movement for Change
holds 25 seats in the 111-seat Kurdish parliament.
The party has been critical of the current
semi-autonomous Kurdish government, most recently on
the region’s national budget.
Iran’s Foreign Minister said the republic wants to
consult with all Iraqi political groups and parties.
He stressed the need for solidarity and unity
between political groups in Iraq. The minister also
described relations between Iran and the Kurdistan
Region as good and underlined the need for the
further relations,www.ekurd.net
especially in the
infrastructural, economic, and trade sectors. Change
Movement leader Mustafa thanked Iran for the support
it has provided to Iraq.
With only 25 seats, the Movement for Change is the
strongest opposition force in the Kurdistan Region.
Its involvement with Iran is a clear indication of
the party’s growing status. Now Iran will use the
party to resolve the political conflicts on the
ground and send a clear message that politics is not
possible without the Change Movement.
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