Goverment wants extension for cross borders operation
Goverment wants extension for cross borders operation
The government has submitted a motion seeking a one-year extension of a mandate from Parliament to carry out military operations against the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) in the Federal Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
The motion was submitted to the Parliament Speaker's Office on Tuesday and it aims to renew that brought up to Parliament in 2007 and extended three times, in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The present resolution providing the legal basis for operations expires on 17 October. The government is seeking a one year extension and the issue will be Parliament's first agenda item once it reconvenes after recess on 1 October.
The motion was submitted to the Parliament Speaker's Office on Tuesday and it aims to renew that brought up to Parliament in 2007 and extended three times, in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The present resolution providing the legal basis for operations expires on 17 October. The government is seeking a one year extension and the issue will be Parliament's first agenda item once it reconvenes after recess on 1 October.
