A meeting between the heads of Iraqi's two rival parliamentary blocs Tuesday ended without resolving their differences over who should fill the three top posts in the government, a lawmaker was quoted by dpa as saying. The third meeting since the March 7 parliamentary elections, between Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his main rival, former premier Iyad Allawi, did not produce any new results as was hoped by some parliamentarians. The main differences were settling the nominees for prime minister, president and speaker of parliament. "Nothing is new," Haidar al-Mulla, a lawmaker of Iraqiya List said. "The two leaders are sticking to there stances, and nominees for the top three posts were not settled." He said, however, that they agreed to solve the crisis as soon as possible.
