By Xinhua,
Baghdad : The movement of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed to a ceasefire in Baghdad’s eastern neighborhood of Sadr City, a Sadr spokesman said on Saturday.
“We have made an agreement between the Sadr movement and the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to cease fire,” said Shiekh Salah al-Obiedi, spokesman of Sadr office in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km south of Baghdad.
The agreement would include a ceasefire by Sadr followers, an end to all arms appearances in public and opening of all blocked entrances of Sadr City neighborhoods, Obiedi said.
The deal will be effective from Sunday, he said, adding that the agreement was reached after talks between Sadr bloc and a delegation representing the Shiite-dominated government.
The Iraqi government has no immediate comment about the deal.