Saudi monarch invites Iraqi leaders to meet in Riyadh

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia on Saturday urged the leaders of Iraqi political parties to meet in Riyadh after the hajj season under the Arab League umbrella to discuss the government formation dilemma. King Abdullah expressed Saudi Arabia’s readiness to extend a hand of support and help to whatever decisions reached in this meeting, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Saturday. The Saudi monarch “invited Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and the parties that participated in the March 7 legislative elections in Iraq and all political powers to come to their second country Saudi Arabia for consultations over the government formation crisis”. AmR (P) 1