Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Najaf, Iraq -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Najaf on Saturday to meet with the highest Shiite clergy represented by Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani.

“As soon as he arrived in Najaf, al-Maliki went to meet Sistani,” a local source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

The source did not mention further details.

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