RIZE - Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, ''everyone must respect territorial integrity of Iraq.''
Erdogan answered questions on a TV channel in Rize on Tuesday evening.
Upon a question on Mousul and Kirkuk, Erdogan said, ''Mousul and Kirkuk absolutely have significance in historical perspective. From the very beginning, we have been saying that everyone must respect territorial integrity of Iraq. We are against different formations in Iraq. All underground resources in Iraq belong to Iraqi people. No one can claim to have rights on them.''