伊拉克总理将重组新政府

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has formally asked Prime Minister Nouri Maliki to form a new government.

伊拉克总统贾拉勒·塔拉巴尼正式要求总理贾瓦德·马利基重组一个新政府。

The move gives Mr Maliki 30 days in which to negotiate yet more potential hurdles as he hands out ministerial portfolios（档案，文件夹） to all political factions.

He called on Iraqis to turn over a new page and forget their differences.

The announcement is part of a power-sharing agreement ending a world record eight months of political deadlock since March's inconclusive（不确定的，无结果的） elections.

"I charge you ... Nouri Maliki to form the new government, which we hope will be a real national partnership government which will not exclude（排除，排斥） any faction（派别，内讧） ," President Jalal Talabani said at a ceremony at the al-Salam presidential palace in Baghdad.

This is one more step along the tortuous（扭曲的，弯曲的） road to a new government, says the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in the Iraqi capital.

After more than eight months of limbo（监狱） , squabbling（口角，大声争吵） and back-room negotiations, a deal was finally struck two weeks ago to allow Mr Maliki to remain in his post.

He is now tasked with putting together a government in 30 days.

Allawi fear

Accepting the nomination, Mr Maliki said he was aware the responsibility was "not an easy task".

"I am addressing the great Iraqi people, all its religions, sects and nationalities, and our brothers the politicians, about the necessity to work to overcome the disputes from the past, to put them behind us and to open a new page," he said.

The new government is expected to include all the major factions, including the Kurds, Shia and Sunni Arabs.

It should also include Iyad Allawi's Sunni-backed al-Iraqiyya bloc, which won two more seats in parliament than Mr Maliki's largely State of Law coalition, but lost out after the prime minister formed the National Alliance with supporters of the radical Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr.

But there are fears that the former prime minister could withdraw from the process if he feels he is being sidelined.

Such a move would be a setback for reconciliation（和解，调和） , just one year before the US is scheduled to withdraw the last of its troops from Iraq, our correspondent says.

The road ahead is littered with potential pitfalls（陷阱，诱惑） , and dividing up ministries among Iraq's notoriously fractious parties and factions will not be easy, he adds.