The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people. - Jalal Talabani

Some Shi'ites are asking that Islam be the only source of laws, which means turning Iraq into an Islamic regime, and that is unacceptable. We accept that the religion of Iraq is Islam, and we must respect Islam and the Islamic identity of Iraqi people. But we think Islam should only be one source of the Iraqi laws.

I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we survive under those circumstances?

This is a historic visit full of love and brotherhood that sends the message that Iraq and Iran are now having the best relationship.