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

We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime.

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

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.

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

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.