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Wed, 07/16/2014 - 10:43
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US vice president telephones Iraqi house speaker

BAGHDAD / NINA / U.S Vice President, Joe Biden confirmed his full readiness to do more cooperation and coordination in order to speed up the election of the President of Iraq and the formation of a new government within the constitutional frameworks and specific timelines. A statement by the Office of House Speaker, Salim al-Jubouri cited that, "al-Jubouri received a telephone call from Biden during which they discussed the latest developments in the current political scene in Iraq." The statement noted that Biden expressed his happiness to elect the Speaker and his two deputies. It is mentioned that Salim al-Jubouri was elected president of the House of Representatives yesterday by getting 194 votes out of 273 attendees, and MP, of the State of Law, Haider Abadi, was elected first deputy, and the Kurdish MP, of the Tageer Movement, Aram Sheikh Mohammed as the Second deputy . / End

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