BAGHDAD / NINA / Iraqiya white bloc announced that the blocs began to take new political stances towards calm and dialogue.

The secretary general of the bloc Sheikh Jamal al-Batekh said in a statement to his press office today that "everyone is aware that the situation now needs to dialogues and discussions between the political blocs," adding that "the recent meetings between the leaders of the blocs are good signs to solve political problems."

He added "the change of the political blocs' approach during the current period and work to demand reform and solve problem in according to truce and dialogue, will make the political problems a thing of the past."

The recent period has witnessed a number of meetings between the leaders of political blocs; the most prominent one is the meeting between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with Vice Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Barham Saleh./End