(reuters) -- In a phone call with Abadi, Turkish Prime Minister Binali "Yildirim confirmed the support of his country to all decisions" taken or sought by the Iraqi government after the independence referendum held in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday, Abadi's office said in a statement.

Among these measures, the statement mentioned "restricting oil export (operations) to the Iraqi government."

It didn't give more details or say how Ankara would deal with current crude exports from Iraqi Kurdistan.

(Photo: An oil pipeline in the Kurdistan Region. Photo: Farzin Hassan/Rudaw)