Saturday, December 5, 2015

Iraqi president says Turkish deployment violates international law

Iraqi President Fouad Massoum on Saturday called the deployment of several hundred Turkish troops near the northern city of Mosul "a violation of international norms and law" and said it would raise regional tensions.

In an online statement, Massoum called on Turkey to withdraw the forces and asked Iraq's foreign ministry to take the necessary measures to preserve the country's sovereignty and independence.

A Turkish security source said on Friday that several hundred Turkish troops had been deployed to provide training for Iraqi troops near Mosul, a city of more than one million people which Islamic State militants overran in July 2014. 

  jpost.com by Reuters
5/12/15
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2 comments :

  1. Le chef du comité de sécurité et de défense du parlement irakien estime que l'Irak pourrait demander l'ingérence militaire de la Russie suite à l'incursion turque et à la violation de sa souveraineté...

    Le chef du comité de sécurité et de défense du parlement d'Irak Hakim al-Zamli a déclaré, dans un entretien à Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, qu'après la violation par la Turquie de la souveraineté nationale de l'Irak Bagdad pourrait demander l'aide de Moscou............http://fr.sputniknews.com/international/20151206/1020092390/irak-peut-recourir-aide-russe.html#ixzz3tZ3bQeUB
    6/12/15

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  2. Turquía afirma que Irak le solicitó desplegar militares...

    El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Turquía, Mevlut Cavusoglu, afirmó que los militares turcos fueron desplegados en territorio iraquí después de que Ankara recibiera la solicitud correspondiente de Irak.

    "El Ministerio de Defensa de Irak nos solicitó que formáramos a militares iraquíes; el gubernador de la provincia de la provincia de Nínive nos envió la misma invitación", afirmó.................... http://mundo.sputniknews.com/politica/20151206/1054514530/turquia-irak-militares.html#ixzz3tZ5sjzFe
    6/12/15

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