Erdogan To Abadi: We Support Your Steps To Enforce The Law And We Are Ready To Establish A Joint Water Dam

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NINA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed his country's desire to expand Iraqi-Turkish relations and support the steps taken by the Iraqi government in confronting the repercussions of the referendum, uniting the country and imposing state authority by its forces and its national will. The Prime Minister's press office said in a press statement: "Abadi met with Erdogan in Ankara this afternoon and held a bilateral meeting, and headed after that to preside over the meeting of joint talks in the presence of members of the delegations." The statement added that a comprehensive review of relations between the two countries and means of enhancing cooperation and exchange of interests to serve the two peoples and two countries, especially facing terrorism and issues of water, oil and energy and border crossings and trade exchange and cultural cooperation and tourism. Erdogan stressed the desire of his country to expand Iraqi-Turkish relations and support the steps of the Iraqi government in the facing the repercussions of the referendum and the unification of the country and the imposition of the authority of the state by its forces and national will, stressing the direct deal with the Iraqi government, calling for the activation of the strategic cooperation between the two countries. "We are pleased that you have won the victory over Daesh and getting rid of its bad consequences and spread stability, and we are ready to assist in efforts to support the return of displaced people to the liberated areas and to rebuild and invest in all fields," he said. The Turkish president expressed his country's readiness to establish a joint dam to address the water shortage and that the Turks are keen not to harm their Iraqi brethres. He expressed his deep concern over the presence of PKK and other terrorist organizations in Kurdistan as a common threat to the neighboring countries. For his part, Abadi thanked Erdogan for his good reception, "We have come to deepen relations and discuss the issues that concern our two countries, as well as our region," he said. added "It is time to end the conflicts and wars that caused the loss of resources, the depletion of resources and the displacement of millions. "We have succeeded in confronting Daesh and we won and achieved victory by our dear sacrifices. We must work together to close the doors to the return of all the terrorists and all the terrorists," he said. "There was a project to dismantle the region, not only Iraq, when they wanted to establish the borders of a state with blood, and despite all this we did not fight our Kurdish people and our orders were tight not confront and we thought good by the Peshmerga and called them not to fight. Thank God they responded, but we regret falsification and false allegations of non-Iraqi forces in and around Kirkuk. " "We are continuing to extend the federal authority, and it is my duty to preserve Iraq's unity and sovereignty and protect its wealth," Abadi said. He stressed: "The popular mobilization forces consists of Iraqi fighters and this forces were formed under the circumstances of Daesh attack and the occupation of cities, and the fatwa of Sayyid al-Sistani, and the popular mobilization today is part of the security establishment of the state according to the law passed by the parliament, and we reject the existence of any armed force outside the framework of the state and we will not allow the presence of any force on our soil to work against neighboring countries and this is a constitutional obligation we adhere to. " The meeting was attended by ministers of interior, oil, planning, electricity, water resources, national security adviser and the Iraqi ambassador in Ankara, along with their counterparts from the Turkish side./ End