Najaf meeting to start Saturday afternoon

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Hamza al-Kartani, of the Iraqiya Slate announced that Najaf meeting will start at 5 o’clock of Saturday afternoon.

He stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “The meeting which will involve the political leaders, will discuss the suitable solutions for the current crisis through the dialogue.”

“This meeting is called for by Muqtada al-Sadr,” he concluded.

Informed source confirmed that the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, will not participate in the meeting that called for by the head of the Sadr Trend, Muqtada al-Sadr, which is decided to be held in Najaf province on Saturday.

Last Friday, Sadr announced “Holding a meeting soon to accomplish the national project,” denying “receiving a response from the Iraqi National Alliance over his message.”

In response to question by one of his followers concerning whether he received a response from the INA over his message, which involved nine points, or not, Sadr assured “I did not received any response from INA,” noting that “A meeting will be held soon to set the final touches to accomplish the national, democratic and uniting project,” without naming the blocs which will attend the meeting or its place.