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Iraqi Prime Minister has postponed the second round of dialogue meant to break until further notice, sources have said, as the political group led by influential Shia clericÌýÌýhas not yet agreed to take part.

TheÌýSovereignty Alliance -Ìýa Sunni political coalition - and the Kurdistan Democratic PartyÌýtold Kadhimi that they would not attend talks that were meant to take place ThursdayÌýif the Sadrist movementÌýwas not present,Ìý°®Âþµº's Arabic-language sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed , citing "Iraqi political sources".

The Kurdish and Sunni groups said aÌýnew meeting could exacerbate protests from the talks' opponentsÌýand would not yield any results, according toÌýthe sources.ÌýThe first round of dialogueÌýtook place last week without the Sadrists butÌýproved fruitless.

The sources added thatÌý, the leader of the Fatah alliance that is part of theÌýCoordinationÌýFramework coalitionÌýof pro-Iran Shia parties that oppose the Sadrists, told Kadhimi that some members of his umbrella groupÌýare boycotting the talks.

The boycotting partiesÌýsay that Kadhimi is in no position to hold the dialogueÌýas they do not consider him to be aÌýneutral party in the crisis.

The situation prompted Kadhimi to inform participating partiesÌýthat the talks were being postponed, the sources said, with no new date for talks given.

Efforts to persuade parties to take part would continue.

The Sadrists were the biggest winners in Iraq's parliamentary election, which took place almost a year ago.

Sadr and the Coordination FrameworkÌýhave been at odds since after last year's parliamentary elections. The Sadrists won the largest share of seats in the October vote but failed to form a majority government.

MPs belonging to Sadr'sÌýbloc later resigned from parliament and his supporters last month stormed the parliament building inÌýBaghdad. HeÌýhas demanded that parliament be dissolved and early elections held.

TheÌýCoordination FrameworkÌýsaid earlier that parliament would have to convene to dissolve itself.

For a month, Sadrist movement supporters have heldÌýsit-ins, first inside the legislature and later on its surrounding grounds.

In response, Coordination Framework supportersÌýsaid they would hold an Ìýto counter Sadrist protestsÌýand push for the swift formation of a new government.

Supporters of the Sadrist movement on Tuesday began a sit-in in front of the Supreme Judicial Council headquarters in Baghdad's Green Zone to demand parliament's dissolution and judicial reform.Ìý