Talabani, Barazani meet in Ducan resort

SULAIMANIYA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani and Kurdistan President Massoud al-Barazani on Saturday will meet in the tourist resort of Ducan, according to a media source. “The two leaders will meet today in the tourist Ducan resort (60 km northwest of Sulaimaniya),” a source close to the Iraqi president told IraqiNews.com news agency, providing no further information about the nature of the meeting or the topics to be discussed. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by Talabani, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), led by Barazani, have merged under one slate in the provincial council elections, which are currently taking place in 14 out of Iraq’s 18 provinces. Sulaimaniya, the capital city of Sulaimaniya province, lies 364 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 1