Making a written statement regarding the invading Turkish state's attacks on Medya Defense Areas, Iraqi Parliament Kurdistan Patriotic Union (PUK) Group chairman Herem Kemal Axa said that the attacks violated Iraq's sovereignty.

The statement said: "Turkey's operations against the territory of the Kurdistan Region, allegedly to fight the PKK, are a violation of Iraq's sovereignty and airspace. This attack is also against international principles and the neighbourly relations between Iraq and Turkey. The operations and attacks showed that Turkey's internal problems cannot be solved with weapons. This actually deepened the problems. The Kurdish problem in Turkey cannot be resolved by military operations and by violating the sovereignty of other countries.”