Iraqi Turkoman society, although conscious of the injustices imposed upon them throughout history, chose to act with a sense of responsibility to seek its rights within a politically united and territorially integral Iraq, and decided to participate in the January 30th elections. Turkoman leadership would like to hope that the errors and wrong-doings committed by the former regimes will not be repeated in the new era and the wounds of the past will be healed.

In the aftermath of the intervention, we have been observing that certain Iraqi groups have been upholding ethnic and sectarian discrimination by tabling excessive demands and claims which may cause new and graver injustices under the pretext of rectifying unlawful practices of the past. Currently Iraq is faced with a number of delicate problems. Some of these problems have implications beyond Iraq and may undermine regional and international peace and security. The future status of Kirkuk and preservation of its pluralist character are among the sensitivities that I have just mentioned.

We deem it necessary to remind once again that all parties and the concerned need to meticulously refrain from statements and attempts that may sow the seeds of hostility among different segments of the Iraqi society and drift the country into an undesirable climate of anarchy, instability and state of civil strife.