Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

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

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

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.

Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.

A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States.

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