(The Kurdistan Observer) Jan 30, 2002. The US administration is seeking to accelerate the reconciliation process between the KDP and PUK following  two years of deadlock in the road of implemntation of the Washington Accord with the question of the transitional parliament remaining an obstacle, reported the London Based Arabic newspaper, Al-Hayat, yesterday.
 
Dr. Burham Salih, the Prime Minister of KRG- Sulaimaniyah told Al-Hayat that
Washington has asked both parties, the PUK and KDP, to send delegations made up from leadership members authorized to make decisions to prepare the  arrangement of a meeting among US officials and both Kurdish leaders, Barzani and Talabani.

Kurdish sources indicated that the slow pace of reconciliation between the two major political parties of Southern Kurdistan has become unacceptable to the Americans who are preparing to put together a plan to deal with the Iraqi
government.

Accourding to Kurdish officials visiting European countries recently, the European view is edging closer to the American view of how to deal with Iraq.  In this regard, France has informed the Kurds about the need for Baghdad to allow UN weapons inspectors back into Iraq,  to improve its records in the field of human rights, and to abide by the remaining UN resolutions in order to avoid US military operations in the future.