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Rouhani Meets Erdogan, Urges Respect for States’ Sovereignty

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Meeting his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iran's President Sheikh Hassan Rouhani urged respect for the territorial integrity of regional countries, including Iraq and Syria.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran stresses respect for the territorial integrity of regional countries and is against any violation of territorial integrity in the region, especially in Syria and Iraq," Rouhani said during the Wednesday meeting.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Economic Cooperation Organization [ECO]'s 13th plenary session in Pakistani capital city of Islamabad.

Reaffirming Tehran's support for dialogue and mutual respect to settle differences, Rouhani added: "We should make efforts to immediately put an end to war, bloodshed and foreign interference in the region."

Last December, Turkey deployed some 150 soldiers, equipped with heavy weapons and backed by about two dozen tanks, to the outskirts of the Daesh-held [the Arabic acronym for the Takfiri ISIS/ISIL group] Iraqi city of Mosul.

Ankara claimed the deployment was part of a mission to train and equip Iraqi Kurdish forces in the fight against Daesh. Baghdad denounced the move as a breach of its sovereignty.

In January, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that an agreement had been reached with Turkey over Baghdad's demand that Turkish forces withdraw from the Bashiqa camp near Mosul.

Back in August 2016, Turkey also launched an incursion into Syria, claiming that it was meant to engage both Daesh terrorists in the Syrian-Turkish border area and Kurdish forces, who were themselves fighting Daesh.

Damascus also condemned Turkey's military intervention as a breach of its sovereignty.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team