Presidency of Kurdistan nominates Talabani President of Iraq

ARBIL /Iraqi News The presidency of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region confirmed in a release on Wednesday that it nominates current Iraqi President Jalal Talabani for another term. “Kurds have weight in the ongoing Iraqi political process and have the right to share conclusive decisions about Iraq,” said the statement received by Iraqi News. It said that it is a constitutional violation to claim that having Talabani as a president of Iraq contradicts with Iraq’s Arab identity. “Those who make such claims are chauvinists,” the statement said. MH (P)/SR 1