Khalidi: Crisis of disputed areas to be settled through Nijaifi’s initiative
He stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “The citizens of the disputed areas in addition to the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, expressed their official agreement for this initiative.”
“The political crisis among the political sides in general is not easy to be solved through the meetings conducted by the President, Jalal Talabani, with the political rivals,” he assured.
He denied holding a close meeting for the three Presidencies.
Nijaifi’s initiative involves withdrawing all the armed forces deployed by the Central Government and by the Kurdistani Regional Government in the disputed areas to be replaced by the local police forces that must be formed in a balanced way to include all the communities of these areas.