SULAIMANI (ESTA) — United Nations special envoy to Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert met Shia Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday, the Iraqi news agency reported.
Earlier today, after arriving in Najaf Hanana holiest city for Shiites, Hennis-Plasschaert met the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr.
“The meeting was good”, and “the importance of finding a solution to the political crises was discussed,” Hennis-Plasschaert said following the meeting in a press conference, according to INA.
Hennis-Plasschaert’s meeting with Sadr came after she met the head of the al-Fateh alliance Hadi al-Amiri in Baghdad on Thursday, who is also one of the main components of Sadr’s political rival, the Shiite coordination framework.
Meetings among the Iraqi top leading figures continue as efforts to de-escalate the situation after nearly a week of political turmoil throughout the country.
