MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : KRG Protests Deforestation of Kurdistan Border Areas by Turkey

BasNews 2021/06/01 – 00:01 Kurdistan  ERBIL – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has expressed strong concerns over the deforestation of Kurdistan Region border areas by Turkey.

Jotiar Adil, a spokesperson for the KRG, said in a statement: “The KRG has officially delivered its concern and urged the Turkish government to put an end to the deforestation in the border areas, which is not acceptable.”

Meanwhile, Adil also asserted that the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region’s border areas has given the Turkish army an excuse to cross the borders of the autonomous region.He called on the two sides to respect the sovereignty of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.

This comes as the Turkish army and PKK fighters have lately intensified their military confrontations in the border areas of Kurdistan Region while photos have gone viral showing allegedly Turkish trucks carrying trees cut from the region’s forests.