The Turkish officials' visit comes at a time when the Turkish state wants to drag Iraq into a war against the Kurdish people and launch a new invasion attack on the territory of South Kurdistan in cooperation with the KDP.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Minister of National Defence Yaşar Güler and Undersecretary of National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) İbrahim Kalın arrived in Baghdad on Thursday to hold cooperation talks with Iraqi officials regarding the planned cross-border operation against Qandil.
Turkey, which is planning a new attack against the guerrilla-held Medya Defence Zones in northern Iraq, is in intense diplomatic traffic in order to implement this plan. For this purpose, Turkish political and military officials have held many meetings with the Iraqi central government officials, President of the Federal Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and KDP President Massoud Barzani in the last three months.
For the same purpose, the authorities have repeatedly visited the USA in an effort to obtain permission for a cross-border operation.
The last step in the diplomatic traffic on this issue was the visit to Iraq. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Minister of National Defence Yaşar Güler and Undersecretary of National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) İbrahim Kalın went to Baghdad to hold cooperation talks with Iraqi officials regarding the planned cross-border operation against Qandil.
It was noteworthy that the three officials of the Turkish state, who had previously travelled to Baghdad separately, are visiting Baghdad together this time.
Media organs close to the AKP government reported that the security summit to be hosted by Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein had the operation to be carried out against the Medya Defence Zones on its agenda.
According to media reports, energy issues will again be discussed in the talks in Baghdad. In this framework, the development of natural gas resources in Iraq and their transfer to international markets and the resumption of the Iraq-Turkey oil line will be evaluated. In addition, the plan to establish a commercial route from Iraq's Persian Gulf to Turkey will be on the agenda.
On the other hand, AKP President Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to visit Iraq in April.
