The Iraqi government has made a decision to improve our transport sector and I think with FOB we can lower our prices and add to the transparency of the real cost of the grain and the cost of the transport,

Clearly I am not going to be a candidate for prime minister because they tell me to, ... They certainly expressed support for the idea that if the process is done locally then they would not oppose it.

Iraq has already taken steps to cut subsidies while introducing a safety net for the poor. The challenge in front of the new Government is to fight unemployment and proceed with price reforms.

In order to make major quantum increases in oil, we need to have production-sharing agreements, but that has to wait until after the formation of parliament,

I'm very happy today. We've prayed for this day for years.

The negotiation is finished, and we have a deal. No one has any more time. It cannot drag on any longer. Most of the Sunnis are satisfied. Everybody made sacrifices. It is an excellent document.

The Australian Wheat Board refused to quote to the government of Iraq prices on FOB basis and consequently they lost out. Iraq will buy one million tons of wheat in the coming days from American companies,

It's more important to look to the future than to the past,

a very positive and constructive role in the formation of the Iraqi government.

despite the intention of the terrorists ... and deliver Iraq's message of peace, democracy and human rights.