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Iraq appealed to the UN Security Council demanding the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Turkish troops from the country. It is reported by Reuters.
«We urge the Security Council to demand that Turkey immediately withdraw its troops and violated the sovereignty of Iraq again,” – said the Iraqi ambassador Mohammed Ali Alak in a letter to US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power, which acting chairman of the Security Council in December.
The letter notes that the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq is a “flagrant violation” of the UN Charter and international law.
Alak said that Iraq was trying to to resolve the issue through “diplomatic means, and bilateral negotiations.” However, according to the ambassador, these efforts have not been able to convince Turkey “to withdraw its occupation forces from Iraq.” The letter says that any help in the fight against the Islamists should be based on “full respect for national sovereignty” of
The Turkish military entered Iraq on Friday, December 4. As he wrote Reuters, troops were deployed to the north of the country – the city of Mosul, who in 2014 captured the militants banned in Russia and some countries of the world group “Islamic State”. According to Turkish media, it was about 150 Turkish soldiers and tanks 20-25.
December 6th Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has promised that the country will address the UN Security Council in the event that Turkey withdraws military. According to media reports, in northern Iraq, there are a few hundred soldiers. Ankara stated that they are engaged in military training Kurdish militias.
Later, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey considers “unfair step” treatment of Iraq’s forthcoming UN Security Council. At the same time, he acknowledged that Baghdad has a right to such complaints
The Turkish authorities have declared their readiness to reorganize its military presence near Mosul. Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu on Dec. 11 said that the sides agreed to start work on the creation of mechanisms of cooperation, but did not specify what is meant by a possible reorganization of the military.
This week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu noted that the negative Iraq’s response to the entry of Turkish troops have played the role of “other countries”, but he did not elaborate on which countries in question. On Tuesday, the sources Reuters reported on plans to raise the issue of Russian military action in Syria, Turkey and Iraq, at a closed meeting of the Security Council, however, the Russian Foreign Ministry denied such intentions.
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