Baghdad would review relations with Ankara after a visit by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to Kurdistan region last week.

Baghdad would review relations with Ankara after a visit by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to Kurdistan region last week.

Davutoglu's visit to Kirkuk on August 2 drew a furious reaction from Baghdad and brought already-chilly relations between the two countries to a new low.

"The cabinet studied recent developments in Turkish-Iraqi relations and decided to review these relations in light of recent developments in a new cabinet meeting as soon as possible," government spokesman Ali Dabbagh said in an emailed statement.

The cabinet also decided to form a committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani "to investigate the circumstances of the Turkish foreign minister's visit to Kirkuk and present recommendations to the cabinet," he said.

Iraq's foreign ministry responded to the visit with a statement saying "it is not in the interest of Turkey or any other party to underestimate the national sovereignty and violate the rules of international relations."

But Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended the visit, saying it is only normal for "a minister bearing a red passport to visit the regional administration (in Kurdistan in north Iraq) and then travel to Kirkuk, 40 kilometers from (Arbil) to meet with his kinsmen."