Iraq: Maliki, Shahristani and flexibility about oil and gas lawnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to have held an exceptional meeting last week with his Deputy for Energy Hussein Al-Shahristani to discuss the issue of the new oil and gas law. The following 511-word report sheds light on the meeting and tells what about the outcome and what about the possibility of Al-Shahristani showing flexibility to arrange a deal between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for the law in question.