Kurdish leaders meet as Iraqi political deadlock continues
Iraq’s two major Kurdish parties have been trying to reach a compromise between the two, but to no avail.
The UN secretary-general's envoy to Iraq visited Aug. 10 the city of Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region, to attend a meeting of the leaders of the Kurdish political blocs, in the presence of President of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani.
The visit was upon Barzani’s invitation and amid deepening divisions between the two major parties in the Kurdistan Region.
The attendees’ statement after the meeting read, “Nechirvan Barzani expressed his hope that the political parties would reach an understanding on setting a date for holding the elections and resolving the problems.”
According to the statement, the president said, “The delay in the elections harms the Kurdistan Region’s reputation and prestige.”
