Iraqi President Jalal Talabani yesterday expressed concern over reported Iranian and Turkish troop concentrations on those countries' borders with Iraq.
Turkey has moved thousands of troops to the border region in what its military says is an offensive against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Talabani said that so far Iranian and Turkish forces have stayed on their sides of the border. "I have expressed my concern over these concentrations ... Iraq is a sovereign, independent nation that won't let other nations interfere in its internal affairs," he added.