A visiting Sunni leader of Iraq called here Monday on his fellow countrymen, including Sunnis and Shiites, to close ranks and realize national reconciliation in the war-torn country.
Adnan al-Dulaimi, the leader of Iraq's National Accord Front ( NAF), made the appeal following his meeting with Cairo-based Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported.
Sunnis and Shiites should work together to tackle all the problems of Iraq and to reach security and stability in the country, Dulaimi said, while hailing efforts exerted by the AL to help realize Iraq's national reconciliation.
Commenting on the meeting with Dulaimi, Moussa said there are big prospects for realizing national reconciliation in Iraq but foreign interference should be avoided.
Moussa stressed the importance for the AL, the United Nations, the Iraqi leadership and Iraq's neighbors to enhance coordination to solve the crises in Iraq, saying "we all should work for building a new Iraq that is based on citizenship and reconciliation."
Meanwhile, talks between Iraq's Shiite and Sunni Muslim groups concluded in Finland on Monday without a major breakthrough, according to Finnish media report.
The four-day talks, aimed at ending violence between Iraqi groups, started in secret on Aug. 31 at an undisclosed location in Finland under the auspices of the Crisis Management Initiative ( CMI) headed by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari.
Source: Xinhua
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