Turkey has recognised a “miscommunication” with Iraq over its recent deployment of troops to the Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq, its foreign ministry has said.
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Obama urged his Turkish counterpart to take additional steps to deescalate tensions with Iraq, including by continuing to withdraw Turkish military forces.
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Earlier this month, Turkey deployed troops to a base in Nineveh province where it has a long-running training programme for forces battling the Islamic State jihadist group. Prime Minister al-Abadi stated after the meeting that he had reiterated earlier statements on the matter and said that ‘the only way to resolve the crisis is the full withdrawal of Turkish troops from Iraqi territory’.
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Ankara did not say to how many troops it is planning to withdraw. Turkey has stationed troops there since previous year, but recently sent more, claiming the need to protect its forces from IS attacks.
Iraq said the deployment was without its consent and lodged a formal complaint with the United Nations.
In the last three days, Turkish security forces have killed 62 Kurdish militants in two mainly Kurdish towns near the border with Iraq, Turkey’s military said.
Obama also urged Erdogan “to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq”. “However, both Daesh and the PKK continue to pose significant risks to Turkey’s safety and security from areas beyond the Iraqi government’s reach and it is our right to exercise self-defense”, he added. “Because taking this issue to various worldwide platforms would serve no other objective than to undermine the solidarity of the global community against Daesh”, Cevik told the Security Council.
“We have been calling on the Iraqi government to stop the activities of the PKK”.
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However, Iraqi authorities regard the move a flagrant breach of the country’s sovereignty and have repeatedly called on Ankara to withdraw its forces.
