Letter dated 3 December 2020 from the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

 S/2020/1165 

'Turkey has repeatedly expressed its readiness to cooperate with the Iraqi authorities to confront the PKK terrorist organization. However, in the absence of Iraq’s ability to deal with the presence of terrorists in its own territory who are infiltrating into Turkey to conduct terrorist attacks, I would like to emphasize once again that Turkey is obliged to take all appropriate measures against the terrorist threats to its security, emanating from Iraq. We firmly reject any criticism towards Turkey for exercising its inherent right of self-defence, as outlined in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and acting within the context of responsibility attributed by relevant Security Council resolutions to United Nations Member States in the fight against terrorism.

https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N20/341/03/pdf/N2034103.pdf?OpenElement

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