“The Iraqi demand (for the withdrawal) is only related to the violation recorded by the presence of Turkish armed forces without coordination with Iraq”, Jaafari told a joint news conference with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
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He said Ankara will continue to support Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist organisation.
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He said: “Al-Abadi asked for Turkish military assistance and Ankara responded by sending military supplies into Baghdad airport like the Turkish troops sent to train our troops at Zlican Camp eight months earlier”.
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On Sunday, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraq would turn to the UN Security Council if Turkish troops did not leave the country.
Abadi’s remark also echoes recent accusations made by Russian Federation that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family were personally benefiting from smuggling oil from Islamic State-held territory.
“Our prime minister has stressed in his letter that there will be no transfer of forces to Bashiqa until the sensitivities of the Iraqi government are addressed”, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s office said in the statement, according to Bloomberg.
As for the United States, observers say such a risk will give the US further incentive to defuse tensions between the two key allies.
“Our understanding of the original Turkish deployment is that, that was something, that was negotiated with the government of Iraq”. The operation has been repeatedly postponed, mainly because Iraq’s troops are thinly stretched and have been called away to fight battles in other parts of the country.
Reports said a Turkish training battalion equipped with armoured vehicles was deployed near the city of Mosul to provide training to Iraqi paramilitary groups against IS militants.
Russia’s increasing involvement in the Syrian conflict has put it at odds with Turkey, which has strongly supported rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
The official said the new deployment last week included 150 to 300 soldiers backed by 20 tanks near a base in Basiqa, some 30 kilometres (18 miles) north of Mosul, which was seized by IS in June 2014. “The increase of personnel requires some protection”, he said. A small number of Turkish trainers were already there before the latest deployment.
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Ankara said the plane crossed into its territory, though Russian Federation denies this and has since slapped sanctions on Turkey.
