During the phone call, Erdogan and Barzani emphasized that relations between Erbil and Ankara should be improved in every area, according to a statement from the office of the Kurdish prime minister.

In addition, Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of Iraq’s Sa’eroon coalition, congratulated Erdogan on his election victory over the phone.

Al-Sadr’s Sa’eroon coalition dominated Iraq’s May 12 parliamentary poll, winning 54 parliamentary seats, according to official results.

Erdogan was elected president June 24 with 52.6 percent of the votes, according to the results.

His AKP won 295 seats in the 600-member Grand National Assembly, while the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which formed an election alliance with the AKP, secured 49 seats, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) came in second, claiming 146 seats, while the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) secured 67 seats.

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