Iraq summons Turkish envoy, delivers him protest note

  13 October 2016    Read: 1129
Iraq summons Turkish envoy, delivers him protest note
Iraq summoned Turkish Ambassador in Baghdad Faruk Kaymakci and delivered him a note of protest over the presence of Turkish troops in the Bashiqa region of Mosul, Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Earlier, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned Iraq’s ambassador to Ankara and handed over him a note of protest.

Iraq had appealed to the UN Security Council to ensure the withdrawal of Turkish troops from the Bashiqa region of Mosul.

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