Turkish PM Warns Kurds: Do not Play with Fire!
At their talk. Erdogan told Hakim that they appreciated the cold-blooded and facilitating behavior of the political movement led by Al Hakim and asked from him to prevent the efforts of Kurds to seize the oil regions in Northern Iraq.
Erdogan told Al Hakim, “Kurds must be prevented from playing with fire. We said that the future of Iraq must be shaped by Iraqis but if Iraq begins being divided, the neighbors will intervene. Syria and Iran share this idea too. Our priority is the freedom and unity of Iraq.”