(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - “He will return very soon to Kurdistan,” said a member of his delegation in reference to the autonomous Iraq region where Hashemi has been sheltering since he was accused late last year of running a death squad.
The spokesman added that for Hashemi to remain abroad was “the wish of his enemies,” in a clear reference to Maliki.
Only hours earlier, Hashemi said in an interview with Al-Jazeera television that, although Maliki wants him “out of Iraq ... I will return.”
For his part, Hashemi spokesman Medhat Abu Abdallah told AFP: “We deny this information categorically. The vice president will leave Saudi Arabia Saturday to continue his regional tour.”
The Saudi official had said Hashemi “will remain in Saudi Arabia for the time being,” adding that he might stay until Maliki is pushed out of office “by democratic means.”
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