Carter in Iraq to mediate between Baghdad and Ankara on the battle of Mosul and Abadi refuses


Sat, 22 Oct 2016 13:45:13


In a surprise visit came after his talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, the US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter, to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi.

Although the official purpose of the visit is, in accordance with the US authorities, in assessing the progress of Iraqi troops within the framework of the process of regaining control over the city of Mosul of Al "ISIS", media reports indicate that Carter's mission is to bring Baghdad and Ankara's positions and mediate between them to achieve agreement on Turkish participation in the process.

But the U.S. Defense Secretary's diplomatic efforts had been unsuccessful, apparently successfully, where Haidar Abadi said after meeting Carter, Saturday 22 October, rejected an offer to help Turkey battle edit connector.
Abbadi stressed in the press, hairstyles that knows that the Turks want to participate but tell them "thank you", and added that this is Iraqi treats if needed to help the Mission of Iraq from Turkey or other countries in the region.

The Pentagon chief, said Friday, during a visit to Ankara, Turkish and Iraqi authorities reached an agreement on the participation of Turkish troops in the operation coming, "Nineveh by the Iraqi army, backed by forces of" cops, "the popular crowd and units and Kurdish clan and crowd, since the 17th of this month, to release the connector.

However, Iraqi Government sources later denied, Iraqi television Friday, news on Baghdad and Ankara have reached agreement on the Turkish role in the battle of Mosul.

And are the main city of Mosul bastion for "ISIS" from Al-Qaeda leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi establish Islamic caliphate "," after the fall of the connector into the hands of extremists in June 2014.

The U.S. Defense Secretary's effort comes Ashton Carter under the escalating dispute between Baghdad and Ankara recently, owing to the refusal of the Turkish authorities to withdraw their contingents from Northern Mosul, Iraqi's mistress.

Iraqi-Turkish dispute had peaked and threatened to switch to real big crisis, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on 10 October, provoking statements and bad to the Iraqi Prime Minister, Haidar Abadi, saying: "you are not Nada, I my, scream in Iraq doesn't matter to us at all, we will do whatever we want, and you know it, you have to commit your first".

The Office described Erdogan's remarks irresponsible Abadi, contending that discourse with the Turkish side "is no longer feasible."

This difference is due to the 4 December 2015, then Turkey has published a compilation of developping in mistress, claiming the move was part of international efforts to eliminate the Organization of "ISIS" in response to the request of the authorities of Iraq Kurdistan.

Ankara says the Turkish military in a mistress, to train local Iraqi forces, including Kurdish units primarily to implement the liberalization of Mosul.

Initially, it was within the Group published in bashiqa, officially, 150 Turkey militarily, but Ankara subsequently boosting the number of its troops, saying some media that Turkish soldiers there are currently 2000.

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry, on 6 October, a formal request to the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency session to discuss the "override" on Iraqi soil and interfering in Iraq's internal affairs.

The Ministry said it called on the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities towards Iraq, a decision that would put an end to "breach" of Turkish troops to Iraqi sovereignty.

The development came on the background of the Turkish Parliament renewed his mandate for the Government to send armed forces abroad, for military operations in Syria and Iraq, when necessary, to counteract any possible attacks had exposed the State of any terrorist organizations. Which is what the Iraqi Parliament criticized, demanded his Government to reject it.

In response to the move, Ankara, underlined by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Numan kortolmosh, Turkish presence in Iraq came to meet the desire of Kurdistan, stressing that this was not negotiable.

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