Barzani supports Talabani’s efforts to achieve success of National Conference

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Northern Iraq Kurdistan Region’s President, Massoud Barzani, has highly assessed the efforts exerted by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, to achieve success of the General National Conference, scheduled to convene at the end of the current month, in order to overcome the current crisis passing over Iraq,: according to a Kurdistan Presidency statement on Thursday. Barzani’s statement had been issued after one day from a statement by the Chairman of Kurdistan Region’s Office Chief, Fuad Hussein, that the President of Kurdistan would boycott the General National Conference, scheduled to be held by the Iraqi political forces, in the event if the conference would be held in Baghdad. Iraq is witnessing a major political crisis in the background of the charges against its Vice-President and the leading element in al-Iraqiya Alliance, Tariq al-Hashimy, with having committed “terrorist” acts, along with a decision by Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki to withdraw trust from his Deputy Prime Minister, Saleh al-Mutlaq, also a leader of al-Iraqiya Alliance.