Iraqi official to arrive in Turkey to discuss Sinjar

President Erdogan said official would meet with Turkish National Intelligence Organization head

By Merve Aydogan

ANKARA (AA) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said an Iraqi official was to arrive in Turkey the same day to discuss the terrorist activities in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province of Sinjar district.

Erdogan's statement came during a news conference held ahead of his visit to the Bulgarian city of Varna to attend the EU-Turkey summit.

Erdogan affirmed the reports that PKK terrorists were withdrawing from the Sinjar district and Iraqi troops were being deployed to the region, saying that the Iraqi army did intervene against the terrorists. Erdogan also announced the impending arrival of an Iraqi official to Turkey in order to provide information regarding latest developments.

The official is to meet with Hakan Fidan, the head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT), Erdogan said.

He added that Turkey was ready to take all necessary measures in case of a possible threat to the country.

The PKK first established a foothold in Sinjar in 2014 on the pretext that it was “protecting” the local Ezidi community from the Daesh terrorist group.

Turkish President also recently hinted at the possibility of a military campaign aimed at dislodging the PKK from Sinjar.

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