President heads to Sulaimaniya to meet PUK leaders

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani on Wednesday will leave the Iraqi capital Baghdad for Sulaimaniya city to convene with the leadership of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), according to a presidential source. Talabani is the leader of the PUK, one of the two major parties in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, along with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which is led by Kurdistan President Massoud al-Barazani. SS (P)/SR 1