Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday denied his government intention to attack the northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, calling on Iraqi political blocs to hold a proposed national conference to thrash out disputes that hamper the political process in the country.

"The Prime Minister rejected claims that the federal government (in Baghdad) has any intentions to target the region of Kurdistan, " a statement by Maliki's office quoted him as saying during an interview with the state-run television of Iraqia, which is to be broadcasted later.

"We are against firing a single bullet on any Iraqi, because we reject wars and aggressive policies," Maliki told the channel.

Maliki renewed the call on all Iraqi political blocs to hold a national meeting that has been repeatedly postponed due to mounting differences among the rival political blocs.

Maliki's comments came two weeks after President of Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani said that Iraq must not have F-16 warplanes as long as Nuri al-Maliki is the prime minister of Iraq, as he might use them against the Kurdish region.

"I told the American administration that Kurds won't accept handing over Iraq F-16 warplanes as long as Maliki is in power," Barzani said at a news conference in his residence near Kurdistan' s regional capital of Arbil.

"The F-16 must not reach to the hands of this man (Maliki)," Barzani told reporters, referring to that Maliki would use such advanced warplanes against his people in the Kurdish region.

Disagreements between Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government have been high for years over disputed areas that the region wanted to annex from several Iraqi provinces adjacent to the Kurdish enclave.

The Kurds and the Sunni-backed Iraqia political bloc have frequently accused Maliki's Shiite-dominated government of killing the democratic process in the country by Baghdad's bids to gain more power. They also accused Maliki of evading his commitments in implementing the terms of power-sharing deal that he earlier signed with rival political parties.

The deal, also known as Arbil agreement, was brokered in November 2010 in Kurdistan region in northern of the country. It paved the way for forming Maliki's current fragile partnership government after Iraqi political rivals ended their differences that lasted eight months following the parliamentary elections on March 7, 2010.

Last September, the government of Iraq made its first payment for 18 Lockheed Martin F-16, as part of 36 warplanes that the country wanted to purchase from the United States to bolster its air force. The aircraft are to be delivered, most likely sometime in 2014 or 2015.