Talabani to confer with Iraq’s political leaders after end of his New York trip

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq ’s President Jalal Talabani has reiterated in a phone call with US Vice-President, Joseph Biden, to hold meetings of Iraq ’s   Political Leaders, to settle their differences, according to a Presidential statement on Friday.   “President Talabani has received a phone call during his presence in New York , to attend the UN General Assembly’s meetings in New York , by US Vice-President, Joseph Biden, with whom he exchanged viewpoints about joint relations and means for their development,” the statement stressed.   “Talabani had renewed his country’s keenness to develop the US-Iraqi relations, within the Agreement of Joint Strategic Cooperation, on a platform of cooperation and friendship between both countries,” the it added.   Talabani, the statement confirmed, had “expressed intention to hold a series of meetings, as soon as he returns home, to find solutions and settlements for the issues in difference among the Political Forces in Iraq, as well as reaching decisions and final recommendations for cooperation with the United States, in the field of training and supplies for the Iraqi Armed Forces.”   SKH (IT)   354