As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.

The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.

The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.

Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.

To move any regime you need to have co-operation and co-ordination between Kurds, Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs, the people and the army. Until we have this we cannot change the regime.