Draw Media:

Esmail Qaani, commander of the Iranian Quds Force and the successor to Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, who has a significant influence on Iraqi politics and regional policies, met yesterday with Masoud Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Permam. The same-day afternoon, he arrived at Dabashan in Sulaymaniyah to meet Bafel Talabani, the Co-president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
Based on the information that Draw Media received from several sources inside the two parties, Qaani told both sides to not hurry in forming the new Iraqi government and try to remain impartial towards the local problems of the Shia groups.

Qaani has told the PUK leaders in Dabashan, that they have to go to Baghdad with the KDP together and get into the negotiations next Iraqi government formation.
Regarding the PUK local conflicts, the sources mentioned that Qaani has told the PUK leaders that the security of the province is essential for them, and they do not accept any gun violence.

Currently, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan have two different delegations to Baghdad for talking to the Iraqi parties.  

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) delegation is led by Hoshiar Zebari, the political bureau member of the party, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) delegation to Baghdad is led by Khalid Shwani, the Leadership council member of PUK.