The delegations that will visit the region consists of the State of Law party run by the current Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and the Sairoon party run by the cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr, Middle Eat Monitor reported.

Both delegations are attempting to negotiate with the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).

It is not yet clear which party the Kurdish factions will choose to form a coalition with, but they have met with others such as the Sunni and Turkmen parties for the same purpose, proving that their options are broad.

Saadi Ahmed Pira, the spokesperson for PUK, told Kurdistan 24 that “we are waiting to see who is most in line with the Kurds’ wishes.”

The efforts to form an alliance come as a result of the Iraqi elections which were held in May. The ballots were marred by allegations of inaccurate counting and other violations.

A manual recount of the votes begun in early July and was concluded earlier in August, with Muqtada Al-Sadr and his Sairoon party retaining its position as the party that gained the majority of votes.

With the recount not having any significant effect on the results, factions in the Iraqi parliament are still seeking new alliances with other political groups in order to attain the minimum 165 seats out of a total of 329 that are required to win a majority.

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