Jalal Talabani Quotes on Countries (25 Quotes)

I am here to further develop the history-honored relations between the two countries. I also come to thank the Iranian government and nation for their sincere help to Iraq,

We seek foreign assistance to help us develop our security forces and to partner with us as we try to further sustainable economic growth in our shattered country.

playing a key role in bringing Iraq's diverse communities together to achieve a national compact in agreement among all Iraqis to shape their political future and to enshrine that national compact in a new constitution for the country.

We are not single people coming to power as individuals. We are representing huge forces of this country.

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

There is no excuse or justification for the Sunni brothers to boycott after we accepted all their demands and suggestions without changing a letter in them, ... Their task now is to participate with us and vote 'yes' for the constitution, and cooperate with us to fight terrorism and the people who want to destroy the country.

Unlike Pakistan, which is a Muslim but not Arab country, Iraq is an active member in the Arab League and committed to the decisions of the Arab summit in Beirut,

This is the first time a Kurd has been freely elected to be the president of an Arab country.

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

He was always planning to have different places to hide himself from, from the people. Iraq is a wide country. You have many places that some person can hide themselves for awhile. But I don't think he will be able to hide himself forever.

Now we are living in a country with a very democratic climate.

I expected that one day when Iraq becomes a country where citizens are equal that a Kurd would be a president, and why not

I thank Turkish officials for their decision not to send troops to Iraq. Turkey is a friendly country, and I want a new page to be opened between us.

In any place in the world, when the country is facing difficulties, beside the army, the people depended on the militias and the partisan groups.

In the new Iraq, unlike the old regime, the state is based on the principle of inclusion, not exclusion, ... Iraq will be for all Iraqis who have the vision of a democratic, pluralistic, federated country.

Arab countries are doing little for Iraq when they do not send ambassadors to represent them,

No country, including the US, would dare stop Baghdad from approaching Tehran since Iraq is an independent state,

The stability of country would not be achieved without consensus among the major three components of the Iraqi people (Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds),

I think there is a kind of agreement among all of us that Islam must be the religion of the state, that the Islamic identity of Iraqi people must be respected, and that Islam will be one source of the laws in the country.

Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.

We are not living in a country where a party with a two-vote majority in Parliament can rule - this is not Iraq. If the Shiites and Kurds will cooperate, there will be a majority, but this is not right, and not the correct way to rule the country.

an insulting issue for the country.

We have a country which we can say is unique in the Middle East.

We have no war among Iraqis, ... We have some thousands criminals who came from outside of the country, fighting against our people, trying to kill civilians and innocent people.

It's our duty to sacrifice for our people and for our country,