Massoud Barzani

"We will not let the Turks interfere the issue of Kirkuk. I am not afraid of their military or diplomatic power, because they interfere in matters that do not concern them. Kirkuk is an Iraqi city of K…"

"I am against driving Israel into the sea. This policy is wrong, illogical, and unreasonable. Why annihilate a people?"

"The Turks have tried military operations in the last 23 years. Now, it's time for the Turkish people to ask their military what they did in the last 23 years, and why they didn't solve it."

"President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Province Maso'ud Al-Barazani Threatens Turkey Not to Interfere in the Issue of Kirkuk and Declares: I Do Not Support Driving Israel to the Sea about 13 minutes"

"I do not accept the language of threatening and blackmailing from the government of Turkey."

"I am not an enemy of Turkey; I am a friend of the Turkish people"

"Declaration of a state is the legitimate right of the Kurdish nation. This goal should be realized, but without resorting to violence."

"If Turkey came up with a peaceful initiative and the PKK rejects that, then all the Kurdistanis will take up a position against the PKK."