Senior Iraqi leaders discuss post-election stage

ARBIL /Iraqi News Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, his Vice President Adel Abdulmahdi and Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barazani discussed in a meeting on Friday the post-election stage, agreeing on the need set up a new government as quickly as possible, according to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)’s information center. Talabni, Abdulmahdi and Barazani also converged on the need that the new government would be representative of all groups of the Iraqi people,” the PUK information center said in a statement received by Iraqi News. The leaders also called for enhancing relations among the main players in the Iraqi arena, it added. The PUK is a Kurdish party led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. AmR (P) 1