Iraqi Vice President Tariq al- Hashimi on Tuesday said he is ready to face trial on condition that it is held in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.

"I confirm my readiness to face a trial," Hashimi told a televised news conference in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern Kurdish region.

"The atmosphere of investigation in this case in not normal, therefore, I call on representatives of the Arab League to take part in the investigation to guarantee its fairness," Hashimi said, suggesting to transfer the case to Kurdish region.

The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council, the country's highest judicial body, has issued an arrest warrant for Hashimi, Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Adel Daham said Monday. Earlier in the day, Hashimi was barred from travelling outside Iraq.

Hashimi insisted to deny the charges of running death squads that killed government officials and guards of rival politicians.

The vice president said that Iraqi tanks and armored vehicles have been surrounding his residence in Baghdad Green Zone for two weeks, while on Monday afternoon the security forces broke into his residence.

"They broke into my house and office and all my guards and personnel were disarmed and detained," Hashimi said.

Earlier on Tuesday, Iraqi leaders called for urgent talks among the country's political parties to end the deepening political crisis after the arrest warrant for Hashimi on terror charges.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on leaders of Iraqi political parties to hold an urgent meeting to resolve the political crisis that erupted after accusing the Sunni vice president of masterminding terror charges, the state-run channel of Iraqia quoted Maliki's media advisor Ali al-Mussawi as saying.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani criticized the hasty action of issuing arrest warrant against Hashimi, a Sunni Arab, which sparked tensions among Iraq's Sunni and Shiite communities.

In a statement on the website of his office, Talabani said that such a move that "directly touch the national political reconstruction entails participation by all parties in actions and decisions with guaranteeing full independence of the judiciary and non-interference in its affairs."

Parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi on Tuesday described the disclose of confessions of Hashimi's bodyguards as "clear tendency to spread suspicion among us."

Nujaifi called for "a national conference at a time when the political process is exposed to violent shocks."

The latest political row came after Hashimi's Sunni-backed parliamentary bloc of Iraqia, headed by Ayad Allawi, boycotted the parliament sessions since Saturday in protest of Maliki's attempts to alleged monopolizing power after the U.S. troops pulled out of the country.

On Sunday, Maliki asked the parliament to withdraw confidence from his Sunni deputy Salih al-Mutlak after the latter described Maliki as "dictator."

Struggle between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's leading Shiite bloc and his political rivals has been intensifying, as the U.S. troops concluded their withdrawal plan Sunday, leaving less than 200 personnel in the country on training mission.

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