20 April 2001, Volume  4, Number  13
Iraq Report
RFE

Two Kurdish groups met with UN officials to discuss supplying electricity to Kurdistan,
Sulaymaniyah's "Kurdistani Nuwe" reported on 11 April. Baghdad wants any arrangements
to be linked to the central Iraqi system, something some Kurds fear could lessen their control
of the region. Adnan Mufti, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) delegation, said
that the UN's approach was positive; they wanted to facilitate the work in order to benefit the
people of Kurdistan. He added that they are going to meet on a monthly basis. And the head
of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) delegation, Sami Abd Al-Rahman, said that the
PUK and KDP committees should be coordinated to implement Resolution 985.
 (David Nissman)
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