Erdogan Addressing Barzani: You Will Remain Alone And We Will Not Allow You To Divide Iraq

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NINA) -Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directed a verbal violent attack and sharp criticism on the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani. "The only thing you have to do is go back to the point where you started and you will or you will be alone and you will lose all your capabilities and lose all your potential if you continue in your quest for independence of the Kurdistan region," Erdogan said in a speech at the consultative and evaluation meeting of the Turkish Justice and Development Party in the Turkish state of Opium. He added, "In northern Iraq, they are planning to divide the territorial integrity of Iraq through Israeli support, but we will be vigilant and take determined steps not to give them a chance." He then sent a letter to Barzani saying "do not you remember those days when Turkey stood by you, how to carry out this referendum and the wrong step without consulting the people around you? and I tell you that Turkey will not allow you to take this wrong step," adding that the Iraqi Constitutional Court acknowledged that The referendum is illegitimate, but you went on with this wrong step and got only support from Israel. " He continued to direct his message to the President of the Kurdistan region, "It may be the end of northern Iraq, because of that wrong step, and will not be able to get what you want, and you go back to the first point, which you started from, or else you will be alone in the region and lose all your possibilities./ End