BAGHDAD / NINA / Minister of Peshmerga in Kurdistan Regional Government, Sheikh Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa said "The movements of the Peshmerga forces came as a result of the threat of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and military leaders."
The Web site of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said " Sheikh Mustafa received Gen. Kaslen the security coordination office official for the U.S. military in Iraq and his delegation, which consisting of the U.S. consul in Erbil and a number of senior advisers of the U.S. consulate, in the presence of Anwar Haji Othman, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Peshmerga and the General Jabbar Yawar secretary-general of the ministry and the General Jamal Muhammad, chief of staff of the ministry. "
During the meeting, they discussed the situation in the district of Tuz Khurmatu and Kirkuk province, Sheikh Mustafa said: "The movements of the Peshmerga forces are the result of the threat of al-Maliki and the military leaders and their movements in the region."
Gen. Kaslen asked not to resort to the military solution and try to solve problems through dialogue, stressing Washington's support for dialogue as a way to solve problems, according to the statement.
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