Intellectuals: Ankara, Baghdad agreement poses great danger to Iraq, Syria

Intellectuals from the Canton of Raqqa warned that the agreements between  Turkish state and the Iraqi negatively affect the Iraqi and Syrian people.

Intellectuals: Ankara, Baghdad agreement poses great danger to Iraq, Syria
24 August 2024   04:50
NEWS DESK- RAQQA
MUHAMMED KHLIL

 Following a series of visits by officials in the  Turkish state led by Erdogan to Iraq and the Kurdistan Region on April 22, the two sides announced several agreements during the current month.

Intellectuals from Raqqa believe that these agreements pose a great danger to Iraq and Syria.

"Turkey is trying to occupy new parts of Iraqi territory through some agreements with the Iraqi government," said Shawakh al-Ali, the member of the Union of Intellectuals and a human rights activist.

He stressed that "these agreements pose a great danger to Iraqi and Syrian territories, and their goal is to fight all forces that are trying to establish the Democratic Nation Project."

Al-Ali pointed out: "The occupying Turkish state is trying to export its internal crises to neighboring countries by concluding suspicious deals with them, and these deals have a political impact on the ground and threaten regional security in the region, especially Iraqi and Syrian security."

The Co-Chair of the Culture Body in Raqqa, Hassan Mustafa, said: "The discussions that took place between Turkey and Iraq, resulted in several agreements in the political, economic, military and border aspects, and these agreements did not come out of nowhere, but rather their goal is to strengthen cooperation between the two countries."

 Mustafa stressed that "the real content of these agreements is to strengthen the blatant Turkish presence, and we see that the Iraqi government is working for the Turkish occupation state and foreign and regional interventions."

Mustafa explained, "The aim of these agreements is to strengthen the Turkish presence and benefit from the geographical and demographic situation in Iraq, as it is a link between Turkey and the Arabian Gulf, so it is keen to develop this cooperation."

Mustafa pointed out that "Turkey seeks to pressure the Syrian side and the regions of NE Syria, due to its colonial goals."

 Hassan Mustafa stressed the need for the Iraqi and Syrian peoples to be aware of the dangers that these agreements.

 At the end of his speech, Hassan Mustafa stressed: "We must create a state of societal awareness of the dangers of the Turkish agreements with the Iraqi government in Baghdad or the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq."

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