Iraq: Maliki keeps door open for KRG-Total issuenote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to prefer keeping the door open right now for further contacts with French officials to find a solution to the issue of partnership between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Total of France. The following 452-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the results of a meeting Al-Maliki held with his Deputy for Energy Hussein Al-Shahristani and Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi in the past hours to discuss the issue.