Iraqi Foreign Ministry: All indications confirm Turkey's responsibility for the Zakho attack

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[size=52]Iraqi Foreign Ministry: All indications confirm Turkey's responsibility for the Zakho attack[/size]

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[size=45]On Thursday, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered the Turkish side's denial of responsibility for the attack in Dohuk a "dark joke" that Iraqi diplomacy would not accept. At the same time, Iraq may resort to the "economic card".[/size]
[size=45]"The ministry is now taking the maximum possible procedural rules within the diplomatic work, and we issued a statement yesterday condemning the attack in the strongest terms and considering it sinful and blatant, and today we handed the Turkish ambassador, Ali Reza Günay, a strongly worded protest note," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahaf told Al-Iraqiya. .[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Today, Iraq's permanent representation was approached in New York, and the Security Council will be asked to hold an emergency session to discuss the Turkish aggression and issue a resolution that guarantees Iraq's safety and security. ».[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "The latest attack is the most serious in a series of Turkish attacks in Iraq, and it does not have any coordination with the Iraqi government, and Ankara claims that it is pursuing groups and individuals affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party to neutralize them."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that “what Turkey says that there is an agreement that allows it to penetrate Iraq is not true, as there are only minutes of a meeting that Ankara concluded with the former regime, and the record nonetheless obliges it to request the permission of the Iraqi government and that the incursion does not exceed 5 km, and they did not abide With the same record.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the Turkish side’s lack of responsibility for the attack, Al-Sahaf said that “the Iraqi state’s narrative confirms that Ankara is behind the attack, and it is not the first and comes in a series of continuous attacks, and Turkey’s denial of irresponsibility is a (black joke) that Iraqi diplomacy will not accept.” .[/size]
[size=45]With regard to the course of the investigation, he explained that “the investigation committee is headed by Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, under the guidance of the prime minister, and it is a national effort.[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the demands to expel the Turkish ambassador, Al-Sahaf said that “Baghdad asked the Iraqi charge d’affaires in Ankara to return to the country and today we handed the Turkish ambassador a strongly worded protest note and he was informed of the Iraqi positions and the measures that will be taken. Within subsequent tracks and periods.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the Iraqi pressure papers to respond, Al-Sahaf said that “there are two steps for the prime minister from which it is possible to deduce some indicators, first of which is that he indicated that Iraq has multiple options that guarantee its security and sovereignty, and perhaps among them is the economic paper, and the second step is his visit to the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense and his meeting with security leaders And discuss the security and sovereignty of Iraq and the development of the military infrastructure to meet the challenges, and all of this puts diplomatic perceptions in front of options related to procedural applications.[/size]
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