US welcomes end of Iraq deadlock after parliament elects new president, PM named
The United States said it welcomed the end of a deadlock in Iraq as its parliament on Thursday elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president, who then immediately named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani prime minister-designate.
"The United States urges all parties to refrain from violence and to resolve differences amicably and peacefully through the political process," the US State Department said in a statement.