Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabaniis an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth President of Iraq from 2005 to 2014. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq, although Abdul Karim Qasim was of partial Kurdish heritage. He is known as "Mam Jalal" meaning "uncle Jalal" among Kurdish people...
NationalityIraqi
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 November 1933
CountryIraq
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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.
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We have to renew ties with Turkey to remove the chill in relations in the past.
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We wish to strengthen our ties with Turkey on the basis of constructive and prudent dialogue and mutual respect.
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We are not denying that Turkey has a right to defend itself from extremists but some of its actions are not serving any democratic purpose in Turkey or in Iraq. This will not benefit the relations between the two countries.
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We think that PKK committed a big mistake when they resumed the war against Turkish government.... We think that the time is for all people to choose political and peaceful methods of struggle. We don't think that what they are doing is in the interests of the Kurdish people either in Turkey or in Iraq.
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I think we will be able to be the model of democracy and prosperity in the Middle East,
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I think, we will be able at the end of this month to replace many units from the allied forces, but we must have a common agreement between your government and our government for the timetable of the removal forces.
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I think a sentence will be passed on Saddam Hussein before my term ends,
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We are trying to build - as soon as possible - our military forces.
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We must not shy away from this support to eliminate the dictatorship and bring about a democratic, federal, pluralistic rule in Iraq.
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You and your (Kurdish) brothers are the heroes of liberating Iraq,
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Our Sunni Arabs brothers made a big mistake when they boycotted the elections. But they are an important group and we cannot ignore them and therefore they must take part in the democratic process.
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I swore to respect the Iraqi democratic regime and the Iraqi laws.
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Italy did not participate in a war operation,