(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Iraq decided to recall its charge d'affaires from Ankara for
consultations and summoned the Turkish ambassador, Trend reports citing
Xinhua .
The Iraqi Ministerial Council for National Security announced
the decisions after holding an emergency meeting on the artillery
strikes that killed at least 9 tourists and wounded 23 others
earlier in the day.
Iraq accused Türkiye of striking the resort in Duhok Province of
its semi-autonomous region, a charge Ankara has denied.
'Türkiye disregards Iraq's demands to stop the violations
against Iraq's sovereignty and disrespects the principle of good
neighborliness,' the Iraqi ministerial council said in a statement,
urging Türkiye to submit an official apology and withdraw its
forces from all Iraqi territories.
The council also decided to pause dispatching a new ambassador
to Türkiye in protest of the attack, and order the filing of a
complaint to the United Nations Security Council.
The Foreign Ministry of Türkiye said in a statement that Türkiye
is prepared to take all steps to determine who perpetrated the
attack that killed eight civilians and injured 23 others in Iraq's
Duhok province.
In a statement, the ministry underlined that Türkiye is against
all types of attacks that target civilians and extended its
condolences to the relatives of the deceased.
'Türkiye is against all kinds of attacks targeting civilians.
Türkiye carries out its fight against terrorism in accordance with
international law, with utmost sensitivity to the protection of
civilians, civilian infrastructure, historical and cultural
property and the environment. It is considered that such attacks
which aim at innocent civilians and are assessed to be organized by
the terrorist organization, target our country's just and
determined stance in the fight against terrorism.'
The statement went on to say that initial evaluations suggest
the attack was carried out by PKK terrorists, who do not refrain
from targeting civilians, with the aim to target Türkiye's
counterterrorism fight.
“Türkiye is ready to take all steps to reveal the truth,” the
ministry said, calling on the Iraqi government to refrain from
making statements under the influence and propaganda of the PKK and
to cooperate with Türkiye to find the real perpetrators of the
attack.
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