BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Speaker of the Iraqi parliament's Osama al-Nujaifi discussed on Tuesday with UN ambassador to Iraq the initiative he launched to calm down the situation between Baghdad and Kurdistan and elections in Kirkuk.
"The meeting tackled talks held by al-Nujaifi with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani," said a parliament's statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
"They also discussed the elections file in Kirkuk and ways to render it a success," it added.
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