Turkey has suspended the movement of troops on the terrain of Iraq
The Turkish government has suspended the movement of troops on the terrain of Iraq. Apparently, Ankara scared on the threat side of Baghdad: the government has promised to complain to the Turks in the UN Security Council and to adopt retaliatory measures of a military nature, if they did not leave the country within 2 days.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has promised his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi to slow down the movement of troops. A contingent of Turkish armed forces will not increase dissent on this issue in the government of Iraq.
"Any additional forces will not be deployed in Basica to overcome the difficulties of the Iraqi government", - quote "Vedomosti" Davutoglu. About it he declared in the official letter to the Prime Minister of Iraq, informs Reuters.
In Baghdad, the Turkish troops to the area powers regarded as an occupation. The head of Committee of the Iraqi Parliament security and defense Hakim al-Zamili Turkey has threatened retaliatory measures of a military nature. Local authorities promised to complain to the UN Security Council, if troops were not withdrawn within 48 hours.
As we were informed Days.Ru, al-Zamili not confirmed that the border with Iraq moved 130 Turkish military. According to him, there are many more - about a thousand people. Also introduced combat equipment - tanks and armored personnel carriers, said the civil servant.
In Turkey announced that the troops arrived in Iraq to prepare the Kurds to war with the "Islamic state" (organization banned in Russia) in the scope of action of the international coalition. "The Turkish soldiers reached the area of Bashika in the metropolis of Mosul. It is considered part of routine training the Kurds. In the area arrived one battalion," said 1 of the civil servants.
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