Baghdad had objected and handed the Ankara ambassador a stern reprimand.
Despite the Iraqi government's objection and the summoning of his country's ambassador yesterday, the Turkish president reiterated, today, Wednesday, the continuation of military operations in both Iraq and Syria.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a speech to the parliamentary bloc of the Justice and Development Party, claimed that his country had no ambitions in the lands of other countries.
He also considered that Turkey seeks to "establish stability" in its neighboring countries and protect its territories, according to his claim.
Call the Turkish ambassador and reprimand
These statements came after the Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned, on Tuesday, the Turkish ambassador in Baghdad, Ali Reza Konai, to hand him a strongly worded protest note after the continuous violations and violations of Iraqi sovereignty and the launch of a military operation in the north of the country.
The ministry announced that it had summoned Ambassador Ali Reza Konay, against the background of the continuous violations and violations of the Turkish army, including the recent large-scale military operation that affected the areas of Mtina, Zab, Afashin, and Bassian in the north of the country.
It also added that he was handed a strongly worded protest note, calling for the cessation of such provocative acts, and the unacceptable violations.
She renewed her demand for the withdrawal of all Turkish forces from Iraqi territory, explaining that her country has the legal right to take the necessary and appropriate measures in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the rules of international law regarding such hostile and unilateral acts, which take place without coordination with its government, according to the statement.
Turkish military operation
It is noteworthy that Turkey announced, on Monday, the launch of a new air and ground attack against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, in which special forces and combat marches are participating.
Classified as a "terrorist" organization by Ankara and its Western allies, the PKK has led an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984.
While Ankara usually launches attacks in Iraq, where the PKK has bases in the Sinjar region and in the mountainous regions of the border region of Kurdistan, which angered Baghdad, which condemned the strikes more than once, saying that they violated the country's sovereignty.
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