Baghdad, April 27, SPA -- Political moves are under way to defuse the crisis between Iraq's government and the group of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and to lift the blockade of Baghdad's Sadr City, a lawmaker said Sunday. Iraqi Member of Parliament, Al Yasin, who is close to al-Sadr,told the local Al-Sabah newspaper that moves were under way tocontain the ongoing crisis peacefully. A meeting slated for this week between members of the al-Sadr Bloc in parliament and the cabinet's executive council would discuss proposals to end the crisis, Yasin was quoted as saying by DPA. "Three main proposals will be looked at: lifting the siege on SadrCity, halting military operations and starting talks and a peacefuldialogue to end the crisis," the lawmaker said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/550219