Allawi, Abdulmahdi to meet Barzani next week in Arbil – source

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: The leading figure of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC), Adel Abdulmahdi, and Head of al-Iraqiya List, Iyad Allawi, will visit Arbil next week to meet with President Massoud Barzani on the formation of the new government crisis, a media advisor of Barzani said on Friday. “Abdulmahdi and Allawi will hold a meeting next week with Barzani in Arbil to discuss the political deadlock in Iraq and the formation of the new government as well as the initiative presented by Barzani to end the crisis,” Faisal al-Dabbagh told IraqiNews.com news agency. Iraq’s March 7 nationwide elections had ended with four main Iraqi political blocs obtaining most seats, as Iraqiya won 91 seats, followed by Maliki’s State of Law with 89 seats, Ammar Al-Hakim’s INA with 70 seats and the Kurdistan Alliance of Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani as well as a number of Kurdish Islamic parties with 57 seats. SH (P) 1