PUK leader says Kurdish cabinet without KDP not on agenda

Asked if they intend to form the Kurdistan Region's next government cabinet without the KDP, after a Tuesday meeting with NGM leader Shaswar Abdulwahid, Talabani said "that has never been the agenda," without elaborating further. 

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Meeting with KDP 'extremely positive' despite lack of agreement on presidency: PUK Spox

Gaznayi said that the priority for both the KDP and PUK at this time is "to protect Kurdistan."

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KDP, PUK agree on joint council to resolve pending issues: MP

“A preliminary agreement was reached to form a council between the two parties to resolve issues and remove obstacles ahead of the presidential election and the formation of the next Kurdistan Regional Government,” Ekhlas al-Dulaimi, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) lawmaker, told The New Region. 

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KDP, PUK fail to reach agreement on Iraqi presidency

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are set to hold another round of talks on the matter next week, The New Region has learned.

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KDP, PUK yet to agree on unanimous candidate for Iraqi presidency: PM Barzani

Barzani stated that the KDP has suggested for the candidate to be elected through majority vote, representing the will of the people of the Kurdistan Region

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KDP, PUK to meet Wednesday on Iraqi presidency turmoil

"The PUK and KDP will meet on Wednesday in the Kurdistan Region, and the meeting's outcome will decide the date of electing an [Iraqi] president," Harem Kamal Agha, head of the PUK’s bloc in the Iraqi parliament, told The New Region.

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KDP, PUK yet to agree on Iraqi presidency, says PM Barzani

The premier also touched on the latest agreement between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Damascus, stressing that Kurdish rights must be safeguarded.

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KDP, PUK yet to agree on Iraqi presidential candidate ahead of Sunday vote: Source

"If the PUK gives up the ministerial positions in Baghdad, then the KDP will withdraw its candidate," said a KDP official, adding that "in return, PUK insists on its demands in the new [Kurdistan Region] cabinet, requesting 50 percent of actual positions."

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KDP denies offering KRG interior ministry post to PUK in Iraqi presidential race

“Proposing the Ministry of Interior position to the PUK in exchange for the Iraqi presidency is far from the truth. There has been no discussion or proposal of that kind whatsoever, and we completely reject the allegations,” a high-level KDP official told The New Region.

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