Iraq Asks UN Security Council To Hold an Emergency Session to Discuss The Turkish Violation on Iraqi Territory

BAGHDAD / NINA / Foreign Ministry submitted a request for an emergency UN Security Council session to discuss the Turkish overtaking on Iraqi territory and interfering in its internal affairs. The official spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Jamal said in a statement today: The Permanent Representative of Iraq, UN Ambassador Mohammed Ali Hakim made a formal request to the current President of the Security Council, Vitaly Churkin to convene an emergency meeting of the Council to discuss the overtaking and interventions of the Turkish side, which it renewed the continued presence of infiltrating Turkish troops inside Iraq. Jamal added: The request also included a call to the UN Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities towards Iraq and take a decision would put an end to the violation of the Turkish forces on the Iraqi sovereignty and the lack of respect for the Turkish side to the principles of good neighborliness through provocative statements. He continued that the application contains the need to intensify international efforts to support Iraq in its war against the terrorist gangs (Daesh), especially with the imminent launch of the operations to liberate the city of Mosul. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country's keenness not to allow what he called any sectarian rule on the connector, because the only goal is to be cleared of Daesh ", appealing to all parties to unite to achieve this. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed his country's keenness not to allow what he called any sectarian rule in Mosul, because the only goal is to clear it from Daesh ", appealing all parties to unite to achieve this. Erdogan said in a television interview that "Mosul is to the people of Mosul and Tal Afar is to the people of Tal Afar."/ End