The embassy spokeswoman, Elizabeth Colton, confirmed that Khalilzad and Hakim had met on Saturday, as they regularly do to discuss Iraq's precarious political situation.
"The decisions about the choice of the prime minister are entirely up to the Iraqis," she said. "This will be an Iraqi decision."
Any push by the US government against Jaafari's nomination would be another sign of the White House's acute impatience over the deadlocked talks to form a four-year government.
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