The Turkish journalist also said: „Since Barzani knows that the Russians have been informed about oil transportation routes by ISIS to Turkey, he suggested Turkish authorities to choose a new path that goes from Iraqi Kurdistan which is comparatively safe and inaccessible for the Russians.“

In this meeting, Erdogan asked Barzani to suppress the PKK (Kurdish People‘s Party) and to get tough on Kurds in Turkey. He also tried to seek Barzani‘s support due to growing differences with Kurdish leaders in Turkey.