ISTANBUL, Saturday, May 9, 2026 (WNP): President of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan received Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq Masrour Barzani at the Presidential Dolmabah\u00e7e Working Office, where the two sides discussed the latest regional developments.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, Erdo\u011fan expressed sorrow over the targeting of Iraqi territories, including Erbil, amid tensions linked to the conflict between the United States and Iran.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He said T\u00fcrkiye did not want the conflicts in the region to spread to other countries and reaffirmed Ankara\u2019s solidarity with the Kurdistan Regional Government during the ongoing situation.<\/p>\n
Erdo\u011fan stressed that preserving stability in Iraq was important for the entire region and said the prompt establishment of the central government would serve Iraq\u2019s unity and cohesion.<\/p>\n
The Turkish president said Ankara was determined to enhance cooperation with both the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in areas including trade, transportation and energy.<\/p>\n
He added that implementation of the Development Road Project would bring significant benefits not only to Iraq but also to the Gulf region.<\/p>\n
Erdo\u011fan also said T\u00fcrkiye remained determined to successfully conclude the \u201cTerror-Free T\u00fcrkiye\u201d process and emphasized Ankara\u2019s desire for peace and stability both within the country and across neighbouring states.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISTANBUL, Saturday, May 9, 2026 (WNP): President of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan received Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq Masrour Barzani at the Presidential Dolmabah\u00e7e Working Office, where the two sides discussed the latest regional developments. During the meeting, Erdo\u011fan expressed sorrow over the targeting of Iraqi territories, including Erbil, amid tensions linked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}