Parliament calls government exert effort to stop Turkish operations

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament called on the government to exert efforts and political and diplomatic means to convince the Turkish parliament and government to cancel the continuation of military operations, according to a statement released by the Parliament. The statement called on the government to shoulder its constitutional responsibilities, in cooperation with Kurdistan government to prevent using Iraqi territories as an attacking point against neighboring countries. It described the Turkish resolution as a violation of international law and Iraqi sovereignty. Earlier, the Turkish Parliament approved that the military will conduct its operations on the Iraqi borders. Kurdistan border areas are under Iranian and Turkish fire under the pretext of chasing anti-Iranian PJAC party and anti-Turkish PKK party, which led several killings, immigration of civilians and material losses. RM (TI)/SR Number of Reads:235