"We are not Arabs, we are our own Kurdish nation... At some point there will be a referendum on the independence of Kurdistan, and then we will let the people decide ."
"Mēs neesam arābi, mēs esam sava kurdu tauta (..). Kādā brīdī notiks referendums par Kurdistānas neatkarību, un mēs ļausim tautai izlemt," sacīja reģiona premjers.