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.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

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

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.

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

Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.