Barzani invites Allawi to visit Kurdistan to prepare for summit

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Head of al-Iraqiya List, Iyad Allawi, received Wednesday an invitation from President Massoud Barzani to visit Kurdistan to discuss political conditions, within preparations to hold a meeting among the leaders of the political blocs which won the recent elections in the country, according to a leading figure of al-Iraqiya List. “Allawi’s visit comes within the ongoing efforts to speed up the formation of the new government,” Jamal al-Bateekh told IraqiNews.com news agency. “There is an invitation to hold a round table meeting in Kurdistan region with the four blocs to talk about the possibility of forming a government of national unity,” he added. Iraq’s March 7 nationwide elections had ended with four main Iraqi political blocs obtaining most seats, as Iraqiya won 91 seats, followed by Maliki’s State of Law with 89 seats, Ammar Al-Hakim’s INA with 70 seats and the Kurdistan Alliance of Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barazani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani as well as a number of Kurdish Islamic parties with 57 seats. SH (P) 1