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Kurdish MP urges Iraqi govt to cancel
security agreement with Turkey
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October
13, 2007
Baghdad, -- Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman
on Saturday criticized the recent threats by the
Turkish government to send troops into Kurdistan
region 'northern Iraq', urging Baghdad to cancel the
security agreement signed last month with Ankara.
"The security agreement has encouraged Turkey to
increase threats of incursion into northern Iraq,"
MP Mahmoud Othman said.
In September, Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bulani
signed a security agreement with his Turkish
counterpart concerning securing the borders between
the two countries and tackling the presence of the
Turkish banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
fighters in mountainous areas in Kurdistan 'northern
Iraq'. |
Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish legislator, member of the
Kurdistan National Democratic Union |
"The Kurdistan Alliance will request hosting the
interior minister at a parliament session
immediately after Eid al-Fitr holiday to discuss the
security agreement he signed with the Turkish side,"
the Kurdish politician said.
The Kurdish leaders rejected al-Bulani's agreement
with Turkey on the ground that the Kurds should
attend the discussion of any agreement with
neighbors.
Media reports said that the agreement gave Turkey a
right to chase the PKK's fighters in Kurdistan
'northern Iraq', a point denied by the Iraqi
government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.
Othman, who set as condition the approval of the
parliament to sign such an agreement, urged the
Iraqi government to "cancel" it.
"Turkey did not honor its obligations under the
agreement and hence the Iraqi government should
reconsider it," the Kurdish veteran politician said.
On Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan
gave the green light for a possible military
incursion into northern Iraq to chase the PKK's
fighters hiding there after a series of deadly
attacks on Turkish security forces.
The Kurdish lawmaker, who ruled out a unilateral
Kurdish react to a possible Turkish incursion, said
"if an incursion into Iraq's Kurdistan region
occurred, any react will be coordinated with the
central government as Kurdistan is part of Iraq."
"The Americans will also be consulted as they are
responsible for the security of Iraq's borders," he
added.
MP Othman also called upon the U.S. side to bear
responsibility by preventing Turkey form sending
troops into Kurdistan region 'northern Iraq',
criticizing, meanwhile, the Iraqi government's stand
as to "consider PKK as a terrorist party."
"Considering the PKK as a
terrorist party will give Ankara an excuse to crush
the Party inside Iraq," Othman noted.
The Iraqi parliament member also called upon Turkey
to listen to the international community and honor
its obligations under the recently signed security
agreement.
"Any tension in the region will not streamline in
the interests of Turkey," Othman concluded.
In August,
Dr Mahmoud Othman said
Turkey has been committing the crime of terrorism
against the Kurdish people since almost 100 years
and isn't granting them their rights.
VOI
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