The US ambassador to Iraq is suggesting there may be further changes to the draft constitution in order to win Sunni Arab approval.

Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters that he thinks a final draft is still not on the table.

"I believe that a final draft has not yet been, or the edits have not been, presented yet so that is something that Iraqis will have to talk to each other and decide for themselves."

Khalilzad spoke two days after Shiite and Kurdish negotiators bypassed Sunni Arab negotiators and finished the draft, despite of the Sunni objections.

The law says the version signed off on by parliament Sunday cannot be amended.

But Khalilzad says the door could be open for changes declared as "edits" to the approved text.

It was unclear if negotiations among the factions were actually underway.

Source: CRI news