Following is a transcription of today's statements by Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper:
PMO 28.9.2012

Prime Minister Netanyahu: "I want to express my pleasure at seeing Stephen
Harper again. He's proved he's a real statesman, and Stephen, I think that
what you did, severing ties with Iran, was not only an act of statesmanship,
but an act of moral clarity.

We've heard Iran talk about destroying Israel, even now, here at this
current round of the UN General Assembly, and the fact that you took such
clear, decisive steps is a great example to be followed by other nations,
many of which attended a conference in Tehran and said nothing.

I tried to say something yesterday, that I think reverberates now around the
world, as you just told me, and that is to translate the agreement and
principle of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons to practice. In
practice, that means setting red lines on their enrichment process. It's
their only discernible and vulnerable part of their nuclear program.

I think that if such red lines are set, I believe that Iran will back off,
and I think this message is percolated [unclear] a lot of debate and also
considerable discussions between the United States and us, And I also hope
to take some minutes to discuss it with you as a great champion of freedom,
and a great friend of Israel."

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: "Thank you, Prime Minister. It's always
wonderful to see you again and I look forward to discussing these very
critical issues, obviously, our bi-lateral issues but some of these global
issues. I spoke last night, certainly our country has not been shy about
warning the world about the danger that the Iranian regime ultimately
presents to all of us. As you know we want to see a peaceful resolution of
all this and we work closely with our allies to try and alert the world to
the danger this presents and the necessity of dealing with it.

I look forward to discussing that with you, and our shared values.

[French]

I look forward once again, great to see you and I look forward to our
discussions."

Prime Minister Netanyahu: "Je suis d'accord…"