Turkey is not going to conduct military actions in Iraq, Turkish diplomat says

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey is not going to conduct any military operations on the Iraqi territory having the aim to crush hotbed of Kurdish separatists, Turkey's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hussein Avni Karcioglu stated. He said the recent military actions near the Turkish-Iraqi border aim at fortification of state borders.



"Every country has the right to protect its state borders. For this purpose in different countries of the world various measures are being fulfilled near state borders, including maneuvers with involvement of heavy equipment. Recent actions of Turkish armed forces near the Iraqi border are nothing else than simple maneuvers," the Turkish Ambassador stated, "Novosti Azerbaijan" reports.
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