SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Bafel Jalal Talabani met with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller in Baghdad on Monday.
The two sides discussed the latest developments in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region as well as efforts by the parties to form a new Iraqi government, Talabani’s office said in a statement.
Both sides stressed the need for dialogue to resolve the constitutional issues, the statement read.
Talabani, for his part, said the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) had made “all efforts to unify the different opinions for the sake of stability, national consensus and reaching a concord for political reconciliation”, according to the statement.
“We want to preserve the national unity which is presence and to sit on the table of dialogue for the sake of the high goals,” Talabani was quoted as saying.
Talabani is in Baghdad to hold talks with Iraqi parties to discuss the formation of a new Iraqi government.
