The Kurdistan Region's deputy PM, Qubad Talabani, states that "It is time to break the impasse."

On Monday, August 22, Talavani held a meeting with Jeanine Hennis Plasschaert, Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, in Erbil.

"A national dialogue, sacrifice for the greater good, a unified vision and a commitment to do the best for the people of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region were the principles and policies
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and I discussed today during our meeting in Erbil." Qubad Talabani said in a tweet.

He added, "It’s time to break the impasse."