Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Democratic Party's candidate for the Iraqi presidency, Rebar Ahmed, attributed the prolonged political deadlock in the country to the Shiite-Shiite disagreement, hinting at a "positive" atmosphere inside the Kurdish camp.

"The meetings between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)

Shafaq News/ The Governor of Iraq's Central Bank (CBI), Mustafa Ghaleb Makhif, met with Iran's new ambassador to Iraq, Mohammed Kadhim Al Sadiq, to discuss a mechanism to pay the debts Baghdad owes to Tehran.

A CBI press release said that Makhif congratulated the ambassador on his new position, hoping for greater cooperation in the upcoming period.

Shafaq News/ The head of al-Hekmah movement, Ammar al-Hakim, urged the rival Iraqi parties to ditch intransigence and political flexing to disentangle the bitter political deadlock impeding the formation of a new government.

Al-Hakim's remarks came during a meeting with the United Kingdom's ambassador to Iraq, Mark Bryson-Richardson, earlier today,

Shafaq News/ The rapporteur of the Iraqi parliament's finance committee, Hasan al-Kaabi, warned of the "catastrophic reverberations" of challenging the anticipated emergency bill on food security and development, urging the political forces to take into account the conditions of the low-income and vulnerable strata.

"Failing to pass the food