Turkey’s military presence in Iraq is intended for stability at a time when the country is deeply divided and Turkey does not aim to become an occupying force, Turkish deputy prime minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Wednesday.
Turkish forces are at Iraq’s Bashiqa camp, at the request of Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani, to train the local forces, Kurtulmus said.
“Turkey will not allow this to become a matter of debate,” he told reporters.
Turkey and Iraq have summoned one other’s ambassadors in a mounting diplomatic stand-off after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned Turkey that it risked triggering a “regional war” by keeping troops in Iraqi territory.
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned Turkeys’ ambassador to Baghdad to condemn allegedly “provocative” comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Tuesday about the planned operation to dislodge ISIS militants from the northern city of Mosul, said the ministry’s spokesman, Ahmad Jamal.
[alarabiya.net/with Reuters, Associated Press]
5/10/16
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Turkish forces are at Iraq’s Bashiqa camp, at the request of Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani, to train the local forces, Kurtulmus said.
“Turkey will not allow this to become a matter of debate,” he told reporters.
Turkey and Iraq have summoned one other’s ambassadors in a mounting diplomatic stand-off after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned Turkey that it risked triggering a “regional war” by keeping troops in Iraqi territory.
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned Turkeys’ ambassador to Baghdad to condemn allegedly “provocative” comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Tuesday about the planned operation to dislodge ISIS militants from the northern city of Mosul, said the ministry’s spokesman, Ahmad Jamal.
[alarabiya.net/with Reuters, Associated Press]
5/10/16
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday warned that Turkey's presence in Iraq could lead to a regional war, after a possible "power vacuum" in the aftermath of the battle for Mosul against the Islamic State...
ReplyDeleteAbadi called the presence of Turkish troops within Iraq a threat to his country's sovereignty, adding that the U.S.-led international coalition is "also condemning the presence of those troops." The prime minister said the Turkish presence is not justified because the Islamic State is closer to the Turkish border from Syria than from Mosul....upi.com