BAGHDAD, Jul 21 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq yesterday, decided to recall its charge d’affaires from Ankara for consultations, and summoned the Turkish ambassador over the deadly bombardment on a northern Iraqi resort.
The Iraqi Ministerial Council for National Security, announced the decisions after holding an emergency meeting on the artillery strikes that killed at least nine tourists and wounded 23 others earlier in the day.
Iraq accused Türkiye of striking the resort in Duhok Province, of its semi-autonomous region, a charge Ankara has denied.
“Türkiye disregards Iraq’s demands to stop the violations against Iraq’s sovereignty and disrespects the principle of good neighbourliness,” the Iraqi ministerial council said in a statement, urging Türkiye to submit an official apology and withdraw its forces from all Iraqi territories.
The council also decided to pause dispatching a new ambassador to Türkiye, in protest of the attack, and order the filing of a complaint to the United Nations Security Council.
Ankara regularly carries out cross-border military actions into northern Iraq, claiming to target the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the United States and the EU.– NNN-NINA
