Negervan Barzani to lead high-profile delegation to Baghdad soon

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Negervan Barzani will pay a visit to Baghdad after the visit of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to Syria to discuss pending issues between Arbil and Baghdad. “Barzani will lead a high-profile delegation to discuss pending issues between Baghdad and Arbil,” Falah Mustapha, official of the foreign relations department in Kurdistan presidency, said in a statement. “The visit comes within the framework of series of meetings held by al-Maliki during his recent visit to Kurdistan to solve all pending issues,” he said. The bones of contention between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG) include security, Peshmerga forces, disputed areas, foreign policy, oil & gas, power sharing and constitutional reforms. SH (P) 1