Iraq hands Turkey's ambassador a protest note and demands it withdraw its forces from Iraqi territory

Baghdad-INA 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed the Turkish Ambassador in Baghdad Ali Reza Guney a strongly worded protest note against the attack that occurred yesterday in Dohuk, while calling for the withdrawal of his country's forces from Iraqi territory.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that it had summoned the Turkish ambassador to Iraq, Ali Reza Guney, against the background of the blatant and criminal attack that affected a tourist resort in the village of Barkh / Darkar district in Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 7/2022. 20, which led to the death and injury of a large number of safe Iraqi civilians, including women and children, and caused intimidation of the population, and spread panic among them.

According to the statement, the ministry handed over a strongly worded protest note to the ambassador of the Republic of Turkey, which included the Iraqi government's condemnation of this heinous crime committed by the Turkish forces, which represented the culmination of their continuous attacks on Iraq's sovereignty and the sanctity of its lands, and took a very provocative and provocative character to target Iraqi cities.

In the statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Iraq's right to take all measures guaranteed by international conventions that would protect its sovereignty, territory, and the safety of its citizens from vicious and reprehensible attacks