BAGHDAD, April 27, SPA -- Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki met Sunday with the Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi to discuss issues relating to unity government. The meeting between al-Maliki and al-Hashemi came a day after the Sunni leader al-Hashemi described the return of his boycotting political bloc, the National Accordance Front, to the Cabinet as a priority. The two men discussed «the future of the politicalprocess and the rebuilding of a national and unifiedgovernment,» according to a statement from the presidencyoffice. On Saturday, al-Hashemi said the government needs toreconcile quickly to «save Iraq.» His comments were the latest to signal readiness by theSunni National Accordance Front to rejoin the governmentafter an absence of nearly nine months. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/550248