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Iraq's Allawi 'open to talks' over new government
Ayad Allawi, the former prime minister and leader of the winning coalition in the Iraqi national election, said he's open to direct talks with all parties across the political spectrum in his efforts to swiftly forge a new Iraqi government.
"We hope that we will complete this achievement by forming a government as soon as possible, a government that is capable of providing security and stability and capable of providing services to our people," Allawi told reporters Saturday.
Allawi's Iraqiya bloc won 91 seats in the 325-member Council of Representatives in the March 7 elections, edging ahead of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition, which received 89, the officials said. The Iraqi National Alliance, dominated by Shiite parties, got 70 seats and a Kurdish alliance got 43.
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Iraq's Allawi 'open to talks' over new government
