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Posted: December 12, 2010 Baghdad, Kurdistan Democratic Party, Maliki, National Alliance, legislature in the National Alliance has announced on Sunday that the meeting, held between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Leader of al-Iraqiya Bloc, Iyad Allawi, who attended the 13th Conference of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Arbil on Saturday, had been “positive,” adding that the formation of the new government would take place before the end of the constitutional period on Dec. 25th.

“The meeting that took place between Maliki and Allawi during the KDP’s conference in Arbil on Sunday had taken place in a positive manner, and we hope that things are developing in a good way,” Ali al-Shilah told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, adding that “his coalition’s delegation that returned to Baghdad had been optimistic and feeling that both sides had reached a positive understanding.”

“Maliki has better viewpoints than the past and he is carrying out daily consultations with representatives of different blocs towards the issue of candidates to occupy leading state and cabinet posts, thing that shows that developments are taking place in a good manner and the new cabinet would be announced before the end of the constitutional period,” Shilah said.