ARBIL/ Aswat al-Iraq: Parliamentary Security and Defence Commission MP Shwan Mohammed Taha disclosed here today that the joint meeting between Baghdad and Arbil was postponed till next Wednesday, according to Baghdad request.

The meeting was supposed to be held today, Sunday.

Taha attributed the delay to the deterioration of the current political situation and the massive demonstrations in Sunni cities, expecting the Wednesday meeting will be, also, postponed, for Shiite religious occasions.

Earlier, Minister of Defence Saadoun al-Dulaimi announced that a comprehensive agreement was reached to solve the crisis between Baghdad and Arbil.