During a phone conversation, Obama “urged President Erdogan to take additional steps to deescalate tensions with Iraq, including by continuing to withdraw Turkish military forces”.
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Without the knowledge of Baghdad, the forces of Turkey entered the territory of Iraq, said the Iraq’s foreign minister.
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Turkey has said it has been running a training program in a camp established in Bashiqa, near Mosul, to provide training to Iraqi volunteers as part of the fight against Daesh terrorist group.
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Baghdad also called on the Security Council to adopt a resolution, urging Turkey to end its “illegal incursion” and immediately withdraw all of its troops from the Iraqi soil.
Good ties with Iraq are important for Turkey, which is waging a separate war against militants linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.
The Baghdad government first suggested an ultimatum and force, giving the Turks 48 hours to leave, but now has stated it will continue negotiations to get them to leave.
They agreed that Turkey, the US and Iraq should cooperate to fight against ISIL in the region. The delegation was headed by the Turkish Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Undersecretary of the National Intelligence Service.
During a U.N. Security Council meeting on the issue later Friday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari reminded council members of Article 51 of the U.N. Charter, which notes a member state’s right of self-defense.
“From the outset, we tried to resolve this matter through bilateral channels”.
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Turkish soldiers guard near Turkish-Syria border line after renewed attack by Islamic State in Kobane, Syria, 25 June 2015.
