Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi on Monday pledged to resolve disputes with the country's autonomous Kurdish region that had jeopardized their participation in his government.

"My government is committed to solve all suspended issues with the Kurdistan Regional Government," Abadi said in a speech to parliament outlining his proposed government programme.

The premier-designate's remarks came just hours after the Kurdish political bloc agreed to participate in a new government, as reported by Al Arabiya’s correspondent in Baghdad.

Abadi's efforts to form a government faced some last-minute wrangling on the distribution of the Cabinet posts and the Kurdish bloc's reluctance to join the national government.

The Kurdish delegation had earlier returned to Suleimaniyah to deliberate over sticking issues, including the budget for the Kurdish region as well as their share in the new government,

"We are going back today to Suleimaniya to have a decisive meeting with the Kurdish leaders on the status of the talks and the Kurds' share of the government,” the Kurds' top negotiator Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters earlier. “The decision will be the Kurds' final decision either way.”

In Bagdhad, the parliament had adjourned its session until 8pm Monday evening to vote on the new government formation.

A parliamentary source said the session had been lifted after names of the members of Permanent Committees had been approved, according to Iraqi News.

Abadi was expected to include in the government representatives of all Iraq’s religious and ethnic communities in order to avert the country’s collapse.

According to Iraqi state television, the premier would have three deputies in the new government – one Shia, one Sunni and one Kurd.

Abadi has until September 10 to submit his government for approval, or the president is obligated to select another candidate for the premiership.

Al Arabiya