Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi expressed on Thursday their desire to bolster cooperation between their countries and resolve any pending disputes.
Kadhimi was in Ankara where he held official talks with Erdogan.
Speaking at a press conference, the Turkish leader said his country supports the reconstruction of Iraq and the country's territorial integrity.
Turkey is prepared to offer all forms of support to that end, he announced.
"We believe that all segments of Iraqi society are our brothers regardless of their sect or race," he added.
Moreover, Erdogan spoke of the possibility of increasing trade between their countries to 20 billion dollars annually.
He also said that he supports repairing the oil pipelines between Iraq and Turkey that were destroyed by ISIS.
"We want oil from Kirkuk to be pumped into the global markets in larger quantities. Turkey also stresses that water cooperation with Iraq should not be an issue of contention," Erdogan remarked.
Furthermore, he declared that the region will never enjoy peace before the destruction of the "head of terrorism", adding that there was no room for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which he described as a "separatist terrorist organization," in the future of Turkey, Iraq and Syria.
He added: "We decided with Kadhimi to continue to fight common enemies such as ISIS, the PKK and Gulen group" - a reference to the network of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Erdogan accuses of orchestrating a failed coup in July 2016.
Kadhimi, for his part said that Iraq was looking forward to bolstering relations with Turkey.
"Iraq is working on boosting its ties with its neighbors and it will not become part of one camp against another," he stressed.
Iraq also condemns the use of its territories to launch threats against Turkey, he continued.
