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- Monday, 08-19-2024, PM 11:21
- Karar Al-Asadi
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With the announcement of a new package of Iraqi-Turkish agreements, security observers warn against allowing the continued Turkish presence inside Iraqi territory. While a member of the parliamentary security and defense committee calls the Turkish presence an “occupation,” he expresses a parliamentary desire to host Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein to learn the details of the new agreements.
These agreements are often surrounded by ambiguity, especially since the Turkish military incursion into Iraq increases and expands after them, as observers believe that this presence violates the country's sovereignty, and that the Turkish side does not need any new agreement to infiltrate Iraqi territory, calling on the Iraqi government to take international action to end the Turkish presence file before its military forces reach city centers.
Member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Mohammed Al-Shammari, says, “We support any agreement that preserves Iraq’s sovereignty and prevents any threat to its national security, but the Turkish forces present in northern Iraq are occupying forces and must be removed. There is no justification for keeping them.”
Al-Shammari explains that “any Iraqi-Turkish negotiation must prioritize the expulsion of these occupying forces and stopping the ongoing Turkish aggression on Iraqi territory, as no agreement can be concluded that strengthens the occupying Turkish presence, as this violates Iraq’s sovereignty and confirms the continuation of instability.”
The member of the parliamentary security and defense committee added, “We will work to host the foreign minister in parliament, to find out the details of the new agreement with Ankara, and the extent to which it is correct to accept the presence of Turkish military forces. If this happens, it is acceptance of the occupation, and this is what we have never accepted and will never accept, because it threatens Iraq’s national security and increases its security problems.”
Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, who is visiting Ankara with the Minister of Defense, said in a post on the (X) platform, “As a culmination of the intensive security meetings, we signed today a memorandum of understanding on military and security cooperation and combating terrorism, signed by the defense ministers of the two countries. This memorandum represents a qualitative addition to our bilateral relations and an affirmation of our joint commitment to peace and stability in the region, in a way that achieves common interests.”
The Iraqi Foreign Minister confirmed that the two Ankara meetings addressed the activation of the 27 agreements signed during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Iraq on April 22, in various economic, commercial, energy, water, cultural, tourism, health, transportation, agriculture, education, youth, sports, and social security fields.
For his part, the former Secretary-General of the Peshmerga Ministry, Jabbar Yawar, stated that “the Turkish forces have approximately 80 bases in the areas of northern Iraq, and these bases contain various weapons and mechanisms, and they are located in areas that no official Iraqi forces reach, but where the Kurdistan Workers’ Party has influence.”
Al-Yawar explains that “Iraq is still losing control over the zero strip, which helps Turkish forces enter and exit Iraq. This area is constantly the site of armed clashes between the Turkish army and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party elements, so it is difficult for official Iraqi forces to control it.”
He points out that “most of the security and military agreements between Baghdad and Ankara are vague and unclear, and despite those agreements, we do not see any real changes on the ground regarding the Turkish military deployment and others, and therefore those agreements need a real translation on the ground.”
Turkish newspapers reported that, according to the agreement, a joint security coordination center will be established in Baghdad, in addition to a joint training and cooperation center in Bashiqa. They also quoted Minister Fuad Hussein as saying, speaking about the Bashiqa training camp, that “the responsibility will fall on the Iraqi armed forces,” noting that these centers will allow the two countries to “cooperate in their war against terrorism, especially against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.”
According to Turkish media, citing Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the agreement led to the start of implementing visa exemption for Iraqi citizens under the age of 15 and over the age of 50, in accordance with what was agreed upon during Erdogan's visit to Baghdad, starting from the first of next September.
In addition, security expert Ahmed Al-Sharifi believes that “the Iraqi government is still unable to resolve the issue of the Turkish military presence in northern Iraq, and this is due to its inability to end the issue of the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which is still spreading in different Iraqi regions and controlling them with weapons.”
Al-Sharifi added, “The Turkish military forces are present inside Iraqi territory without Baghdad’s approval, and they do not need any agreement for Baghdad to agree to this presence. Despite all the demands and dialogues of the Iraqi government, it is unable to remove these forces, and this is what prompted Ankara to strengthen this military presence in a greater and more dangerous way.”
He finds that “the Turkish presence threatens Iraq’s national security, and therefore the Iraqi government is required to take international action to resolve this issue, instead of concluding agreements that justify this presence for any reason. The Turkish incursion is expanding day after day, and remaining silent about it may push Turkish forces to be present inside city centers and not some villages and rural areas.”
Prior to these agreements, Iraq and Turkey held three rounds of meetings within the framework of the dialogue mechanism, and Baghdad decided to classify the Kurdistan Workers' Party as a "banned organization in Iraq" during the last talks held last March, in a move welcomed by Ankara.
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