The Shiite, Kurds in Iraq sign agreement for the formation of a government tomorrow
Iraq, Politics, 3/12/2005

Adnan Ali, one of the aides for Ibrahim al-Jaffari, the candidate for the next Iraqi prime minister, from the United Iraqi Coalition supported by the Shiite clergy Ayatullah Ali al-Seistani, announced reaching a common understanding agreement with the Kurds that will be signed tomorrow, Sunday.

The Shiite and Kurdish lists on Friday announced that they eliminated the obstacle of the city of Karkouk which used to impede the formation of the new interim government and the convening of the national assembly ( parliament). The presidency of the Turkman council in Iraq, in Karkouk city, announced rejection to any bilateral agreement that the Turkmans are not a side to.

Member of the Kurdish negotiating delegation Foaud Masoum said that it was agreed to implement what was stated in the interim state administration law which states to postpone all special conflicts relating to Karkouk city until a census is made and the country's constitution is approved.

On the other hand, the leading figure in the Shiite list, Ali al-Dabbagh, said that the Kurds agreed to support the nomination of al-Jaafari to preside over the Cabinet, for the Shiite consent that the Kurdish Jalal al-Talibani will be the president of the Republic and another Kurdish figure to assume one of the political posts.

He indicated that the Kurds agreed that the new Iraqi government will assume the distribution of oil resources in Karkouk and other Iraqi cities on equal footing with all the country's governorates.

Al-Dabbagh explained that the file of the Kurdish Mashmarga was also solved after the Kurds have agreed to integrate them with the Iraqi security forces. In Najaf, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, son of Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim called "to accelerate the political process and form the elected government."

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