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STORY: UN / IRAQ TURKEY
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 18 DECEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Aerial shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
18 DECEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Turkish delegation
4. Med shot, Iraqi delegation
5. Wide shot, Security Council members
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:
“The Secretary-General reiterates his hope that the governments of Iraq and Turkey will exercise restraint including in their public statements and intensify their bilateral discussions to diffuse tensions. He hopes that both sides will work towards reaching a mutual agreement as soon as possible.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:
“The Secretary-General urges all member states involved in the fight against ISIL in Iraq to do so in a manner that is consistent with the charter of the United Nations and respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq.”
9. Wide shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibrahim al-Eshaiker al-Jaafari, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Iraq:
“The arguments of the Turkish officials made to the media are unacceptable to Iraq, that they were trying to justify their violation against the borders of a sovereign neighbouring state. Those military movements constitute a hostile act according to the established international rules and norms. Iraq rejects any military movements in the area of counter-terrorism without the knowledge of the Iraqi federal authorities and its approval.”
11. Med shot, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibrahim al-Eshaiker al-Jaafari, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Iraq:
“First: Condemnation of the Turkish occupation and the illegal incursion against the will of a founding member state of the United Nations, that is the state of Iraq, in breach of the rules and provisions of the UN Charter and the norms of international law. Second: Demand Turkey to withdraw its troops immediately, and to ensure, with all available means and measures, immediate and unconditional withdrawal to the international recognized borders between the two countries, and to ensure the non-recurrence of such unilateral actions which jeopardize international relations and exacerbate sectarian and nationalist tensions in the region and expose regional and international security to significant risks.”
13. Med shot, delegates
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Yaşar Halit Çevik, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations:
“Iraq needs friends to help it defeat DAESH without delay. Turkey is one of them.”
15. Med shot, delegate
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Yaşar Halit Çevik, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations:
“Now, in response to those who questioned Turkey's intentions and the necessity of dispatching a security force, we would like to pose that question one more time: Will the Iraqi armed forces be able to prevent attacks against our trainers in Bashika after we relocated the security detachment there?”
17. Med shot, Iraqi delegate
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Yaşar Halit Çevik, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations:
“We said it before, we will say it again, and we will keep repeating until we put an end to all the baseless allegations: Turkey has never had and will never have any interest in violating Iraq's sovereignty. Nor unlike others, do we have any plans or ambitions over Iraqi territory.”
19. Zoom out, Security Council
In reference to Iraq’s complaint regarding the Turkish deployment of an armoured battalion to the Ba’shiqa region near Mosul, the Secretary-General reiterated his hope that the governments of Iraq and Turkey will exercise restraint including in their public statements and intensify their bilateral discussions to diffuse tensions, a top UN official told Security Council members.
Speaking today (18 Dec) at the Security Council, Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, also said, “The Secretary-General urges all member states involved in the fight against ISIL in Iraq to do so in a manner that is consistent with the charter of the United Nations and respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq.”
The Minister for Foreign Affairs in Iraq Ibrahim al-Eshaiker al-Jaafari said, “The arguments of the Turkish officials made to the media are unacceptable to Iraq, that they were trying to justify their violation against the borders of a sovereign neighbouring state. Those military movements constitute a hostile act according to the established international rules and norms.”
He stressed, “Iraq rejects any military movements in the area of counter-terrorism without the knowledge of the Iraqi federal authorities and its approval.”
The Iraqi diplomat requested the Security Council to assume its international legal responsibilities under the UN Charter, and to adopt a “clear and explicit” resolution.
Al-Jaafari said, “First: Condemnation of the Turkish occupation and the illegal incursion against the will of a founding member state of the United Nations, that is the state of Iraq, in breach of the rules and provisions of the UN Charter and the norms of international law.”
He added, “Second: Demand Turkey to withdraw its troops immediately, and to ensure, with all available means and measures, immediate and unconditional withdrawal to the international recognized borders between the two countries, and to ensure the non-recurrence of such unilateral actions which jeopardize international relations and exacerbate sectarian and nationalist tensions in the region and expose regional and international security to significant risks.”
Also speaking to the Security Council members, Yaşar Halit Çevik, the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations, underlined “Iraq needs friends to help it defeat DAESH without delay. Turkey is one of them.”
He noted that Turkey is currently hosting almost 500.000 and his government is dispatching humanitarian assistance to Iraq and to the three camps that were built to host close to 40,000 IDPs (internally displaced people).
The Turkish representative also said, “Now, in response to those who questioned Turkey's intentions and the necessity of dispatching a security force, we would like to pose that question one more time: Will the Iraqi armed forces be able to prevent attacks against our trainers in Bashika after we relocated the security detachment there?”
He added, “We said it before, we will say it again, and we will keep repeating until we put an end to all the baseless allegations: Turkey has never had and will never have any interest in violating Iraq's sovereignty. Nor unlike others, do we have any plans or ambitions over Iraqi territory.”
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