The heads of the National State Forces Alliance, Ammar al-Hakim, and the Fatah Alliance, Hadi al-Amiri, called on the Sunni component to decide on its candidate for the presidency of the Council of Representatives. The media office of the head of the coalition of forces stated: "The two sides exchanged views on the developments of the political scene in Iraq and the region and the nature of the upcoming entitlements." The two sides stressed the need to provide services, provide job opportunities and achieve sustainable development. Al-Hakim and al-Amiri called on the Sunni component to decide on its candidate for the presidency of the Council of Representatives, and stressed that the consensus between the representatives of the component lifts the embarrassment from the representatives of the other components. They also renewed the call to stop the war on Gaza and held the international community responsible for the continued bloodshed of innocent women and children. Source: National Iraqi News Agency