SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Head of al-Fateh Alliance Hadi al-Amiri met with Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil on Monday.
A delegation from al-Fateh alliance led by Amiri arrived in the Kurdistan Region to meet with Kurdish officials in Erbil.
Iraqi media reported earlier that Amiri would discuss the formation of a new Iraqi government with the Kurdish officials.
Amiri is also expected to hold talks with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani during his visit.
Iraqi parties have been discussing the formation of the largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament and a new government, after the federal court ratified results of the October parliamentary election.
On January 9, Sadrist movement, together with a Sunni parliament alliance and Kurds, re-elected Halbousi as parliament speaker opposed by the Iran-aligned camp with a solid majority.
Parliament must in the coming weeks choose the country’s president, who will call on the largest parliamentary alliance to form a government, a process that will be dominated by the Sadrist Movement whoever it chooses to work with.
A former Iraqi minister, Bangen Rekani, on Sunday announced the formation of a possible coalition between the Sadrist Movement led by Moqtada al-Sadr, KDP, Taqaddum Party led by Halbousi and al-Fateh Alliance.
“Ruling coalition, al-Sadr, al-Barzani, al-Halbousi and al-Amiri,” he said in a tweet.
The minister’s tweet came after Sadr reiterated his attempt to form a “national majority government” which is “neither eastern nor western”.
On Saturday, Sadr and Amiri held a meeting at the cleric’s house in Najaf. There was no statement from either side to release information about the meeting.
Shia groups have dominated Iraqi politics since the U.S.-led overthrow of Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. They span an array of parties, most with armed wings, but fall broadly now into two camps: those that are pro-Iran and those that oppose Tehran’s influence in Iraq.
The Shia elite have shared control over many ministries, with Iran-aligned groups holding the upper hand until the recent rise of Sadr, the biggest winner in the Oct. 10 election which dealt a crushing blow to the Iran camp.
For the first time post-Saddam, the Iran-aligned groups could see themselves in opposition in parliament.
