Washington: Our assistance to Iraq will not succeed unless Iraqi leaders unite

will only succeed if the Iraqi leaders overcome deep divisions.

The U.S. State Department said in a statement seen by "Shafaq News" that “Kerry spoke with his Iraqi counterpart  ,Hoshyar Zebari on Saturday”

The statement added, " Foreign Minister (Iraqi) emphasized that such assistance from the United States will only succeed if the Iraqi leaders are willing to put aside their differences and apply coordinated and effective method to set up a national unity for the progress of the country and face the threat of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant organization."

Kerry also urged Iraq to ratify the results of the parliamentary elections quickly that took place on April 30 and the formation of a new government without long period of conflict that followed 2010 elections.

President Barack Obama said on Friday that he is considering military options that doesn’t include sending troops to help al-Maliki to confront the insurgency bolstered by the war in neighboring Syria.

U.S. ordered  a aircraft carrier  to enter the Gulf on Saturday, raising the expectations of the United States to provide new assistance as well as arms sales and limited training provided by the United States to withdraw its troops from Iraq in 2011.

But U.S. officials are reluctant to provide massive and new aid without getting assurances from Sunnis, Shiites and Kurdish politicians and that they can overcome their differences long ago.