Davutoglu: Menace of divisions will never previal in the region

On the sidelines of a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the passing of Mevlana Jalaladdin Rumi, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with Iraqi officials from Kirkuk, religious leaders as well as an Afghan local governor over a breakfast meeting on Monday in the in the central Anatolian province of Konya. Delivering a speech over the breakfast, Davutoglu said that Arab, Kurdish, Turkmen, Christian, Sunni and Shiite people live in harmony in Kirkuk, which he defined as the symbol of brotherhood. "All Iraqi religious leaders, and especially Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, heads of Sunni and Shiite foundations, as well as Christian religious leaders have exerted intense efforts to fight against circles that tried to foment sectarian conflicts in Iraq," Davutoglu said, adding, "God willing, with their efforts this menace of divisions will never prevail in the region."