Talabani talks security with KRG

ERBIL, Iraq, April 1 (UPI) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani traveled to a resort town in northern Iraq on Wednesday to discuss political developments with his Kurdish counterpart.

Talabani led a delegation from his political party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, to meet with President Massoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to discuss a variety of political issues, the Voices of Iraq news agency reports.

Both leaders had met last week with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, marking the first visit to Iraq by a Turkish head of state in more than three decades.

Turkish and Iraqi leaders addressed security issues related to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. Talabani said he would convene a summit of top Kurdish officials in Erbil later this spring.

Meanwhile, Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister in the KRG, met with U.S. military officials to discuss security in northern Iraq and issues related to the so-called disputed territories.

Kirkuk lies at the center of territorial disputes between the KRG and the central government in Baghdad.

At least 10 people were wounded in Mosul from a car bomb. A separate attack in Kirkuk wounded another eight people Wednesday.