US urges Ankara to respect Iraq's sovereignty

[ltr]US urges Ankara to respect Iraq's sovereignty[/ltr]

 Since 14.10.2016 at 08:47 (Baghdad time)
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[ltr]BAGHDAD - balances News[/ltr]
[ltr]Washington urged both Ankara and Baghdad to calm the tension between them, especially after the violent debate, which took place between Erdogan and al-Abadi, while preparations for the Liberation of the city of Mosul from the control Daesh continue.[/ltr]

[ltr]A spokesman for the US State Department Mark Toner, on Thursday, "We consider that all international forces in Iraq should be an agreement and coordination with the Iraqi government, under the auspices of the international coalition led by the United States against the terrorist organization."[/ltr]

[ltr]Toner said during his press conference: "We call on both parties to focus on the fight against the common enemy, which is organizing" Daesh ", and to prevent any escalation, and any business must be conducted with respect for the sovereignty of Iraq and with the consent of his government."[/ltr]

[ltr]And it provided the Iraqi Foreign Ministry a request to the UN Security Council to convene an emergency session to discuss the presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi territory.[/ltr]

[ltr]Earlier Thursday, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador in Baghdad and handed him a protest note to the Turkish presence inside Iraqi territory.[/ltr]

[ltr]It is noteworthy that Baghdad was accused last Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to "pour oil on the fire" in his remarks that the attack on the al-Abadi.[/ltr]

[ltr]He said Iraq that the Turkish side's statements turned the problem of the legal nature of the problem of a personal nature, threatening the security of the region.[/ltr]

[ltr]Iraq asserts that the Turkish statements show that Ankara does not have a serious desire to solve the problem with Iraq and withdraw its troops.[/ltr]

[ltr]Turkey announced that its troops would remain in Iraq despite growing Iraqi anger ahead of Mosul to restore from the hands of the organization Daesh process.[/ltr]

[ltr]Baghdad has urged Ankara repeatedly to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq, as Ibadi warned that the spread of Turkish troops on his territory threatens regional war, as the dispute escalated between Ankara and Baghdad after the Turkish parliament approved to allow the troops to stay on Iraqi and Syrian territory.[/ltr]

[ltr]Erdogan refused Tuesday Abadi demand to withdraw troops, saying directed his words to Ebadi "has not lost army of the Turkish Republic of the level to the point that receive instructions from you."[/ltr]

[ltr]Turkish troops are located in an area inside Iraq near the border with Turkey Amadiyah, according to an agreement with the former Iraqi regime prior to 2003, and extended its presence to Camp Ba'shiqah 2014./ after year ended 29 n / 10[/ltr]




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