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One of the smaller parties in the main Shia alliance in Iraq has said it is withdrawing from negotiations about forming a new cabinet.
Islamic Virtue party spokesman Sabah al-Saadi said the protracted talks on the cabinet were not being conducted in a spirit of national unity.
He said the party would now form an opposition bloc in the parliament.
He also criticised what he said were external pressures from the US ambassador in Iraq.
Islamic Virtue had previously pressed for its candidates to be given the ministries of oil and trade.
"We have taken this decision because the mentality of the negotiations is dominated by personal interests and they have forgotten the main goal is to serve the Iraqi people," Mr Saadi said.
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