Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests.

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

I believe the democratic transformation in Iraq will lead to change in Middle East.

It is the American air protection, which safeguards the freedom enjoyed by the Kurdish region. It guarantees the cultural, health and civilizational progress made in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

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