The Kurdistan Observer
Mar 13, 2001

Barham Salih, the Prime Minster of the PUK-lead Kurdish Administration in Southern
(Iraqi) Kurdistan, announced that his party and the KDP have agreed to contact the new US
administration in Washington to discuss the future of international protection for the people
of Kurdistan, reported the London based Arabic newspaper,Sharq-Alawsat today.

In a statement to the paper the PUK PM said that he visited the KDP leader, Massoud
Barzani, in Salahiddin representing the PUK leader, Jalal Talabani. Mr. Salih delivered a
letter from Talabani to Barzani, urging the two sides to find common grounds on matters
concerning security of Iraqi Kurdistan.

The PUK official added that he would leave for Washington in the next few days to discuss
security and protection issues with American officials.
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