Erdogan backs Baghdad's stance on territorial integrity

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 17: Ankara and Baghdad are looking in the “same direction” on the issue of territorial integrity of Iraq, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport before leaving for New York to attend the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, Erdogan said: “We will hold a separate meeting with [Iraqi Premier] Haidar al-Abadi, but as far as I see, we are looking in the same direction. What is this direction? The territorial integrity of Iraq.” The president said Turkey shares a 350-kilometer (217-mile) long border with Iraq, adding that both countries belong to the same civilization. Erdogan warned northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani again against holding a referendum on independence. “You knock our door and get any kind of support when you are in trouble, but you go your own way when it comes to the disintegration of Iraq.” (Footage by Kenan Yesilyurt/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 17: Ankara and Baghdad are looking in the “same direction” on the issue of territorial integrity of Iraq, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport before leaving for New York to attend the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, Erdogan said: “We will hold a separate meeting with [Iraqi Premier] Haidar al-Abadi, but as far as I see, we are looking in the same direction. What is this direction? The territorial integrity of Iraq.” The president said Turkey shares a 350-kilometer (217-mile) long border with Iraq, adding that both countries belong to the same civilization. Erdogan warned northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani again against holding a referendum on independence. “You knock our door and get any kind of support when you are in trouble, but you go your own way when it comes to the disintegration of Iraq.” (Footage by Kenan Yesilyurt/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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