Urgent meeting for National Security Council headed by PM Al-Kadhimi

politics/Security

20-07-2022, 21:53

INA – BAGHDAD

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces PM Mustafa Al-Kadhimi chaired an urgent meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the Turkish attacks.

PM Al-Kadhimi chaired the urgent meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security to discuss the repercussions of the Turkish attack on Dohuk Governorate," according to the Prime Minister's Media Office in a brief statement received by the Iraqi News Agency – INA.

Earlier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces directed to prepare a comprehensive file of the ongoing Turkish violations to be submitted to the UN Security Council.

Al-Kadhimi affirmed in an official statement that Iraq has its full right to respond to the Turkish attacks, indicating that it will take all necessary measures to protect its people.

The meeting minutes

At the beginning of the meeting, the Council condemned, in the strongest terms, the brutal Turkish aggression that targeted innocent citizens and confirms the Turkish side's ignoring of the continuing Iraqi demands to stop violations against Iraq's sovereignty and the security of its citizens, and to respect the principle of good neighbourliness.

After an extensive discussion redgarding this criminal incident, the Ministerial Council for National Security took a number of decisions:

First: The Council directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare an integrated file of the repeated Turkish attacks on Iraqi sovereignty and the security of Iraqis, as well as to submit an urgent complaint in this regard to the UN Security Council and the United Nations.

Second: Directing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the Turkish ambassador to Iraq and inform him of the conviction.

Third: Bringing the Iraqi Chargé d'Affairs from Ankara for the purpose of consultation, and stopping the procedures of sending a new ambassador to Turkey.

Fourth: Directing the Joint Operations Command to submit a report on the situation on the Iraqi-Turkish border, and to take all necessary steps for self-defense.

Fifth: Follow up on the conditions of the victims of the attack and the families of the martyrs, and compensate them.

Sixth: Coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government regarding taking decisive measures to prevent violations.

Seventh: Demanding Turkey to submit an official apology and withdraw its military forces from all Iraqi lands.

Eighth: The Council renewed its refusal for the land of Iraq to be a springboard for attacking any country, and for it to be an arena for settling accounts, as Iraq expresses strong rejection of the presence of any terrorist organization or armed group on its lands.