"Iraq categorically rejects, and strongly condemns the blatant attack carried out by Turkey by bombing Iraqi lands in the Sidakan area of the Erbil governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq by a drone that caused the death of two officers and a soldier from the heroic Iraqi armed forces," the statement said.

The statement noted that Iraq considered the act a violation of the sovereignty and sanctity of the country, and a hostile act that violates international charters and laws that regulate relations between countries.

The statement also announced that Iraq had cancelled the Turkish Defense Minister’s visit to Iraq, scheduled for Thursday.

The Foreign Ministry will summon the Turkish ambassador to hand him a strong letter of protest and inform him of Iraq’s confirmed rejection of his country’s attacks and violations, according to the statement. (ILKHA)