Talabani, Jaafary optimistic towards settling political crisis

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) During a press conference held on Friday in Sulaimaniya province, the Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, and the Head of the Iraqi National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafary, expressed their optimism towards reaching a resolution for the current political crisis.

Talabani and Jaafary held the press conference after the latter’s visit to Talabani at his residence in Sulaimaniya on top of a delegation from the INA to reassure on the President’s health condition after the period of medical rehabilitation he spent in Germany.

A statement by the INA cited that “The two sides stressed the political atmosphere now is more positive after all the political blocs realized the necessity of adopting the fruitful dialogue as a last resort for settling the pending issues.”

Jaafary pointed out that “The political process needs genuine steps based on the results of the previous meetings conducted earlier among the political blocs to put the final touches on the planned political reforms in order to implement them on the ground.”

For his part, Talabani praised the efforts exerted to bring the different views closer among the political sides, referring that the coming few days will witness intensive meetings with the leaders of the blocs so as to find a comprehensive solution for all problems.