Iraq: Maliki and the sovereign ministerial portfolios – Update 1note

There are differences within the Shiite and Kurdish circles as well as between the Shiites and the Kurds on how to take over the ministerial portfolios of Finance, Oil and Foreign Affairs in the new government in Iraq. The following 421-word report sheds light on these differences and tells which sovereign ministerial portfolios the Saudis and the Turks want the Sunni Arabs to hold.