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Iraq cancels visit of Turkish minister, summons Turkish ambassador over deadly airstrike

Baghdad, Aug 12 (Xinhua) The Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Wednesday cancelled a planned visit by the Turkish defense minister to Baghdad and summoned the Turkish ambassador to Iraq following a Turkish airstrike that killed two Iraqi officers and one soldier in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.
A statement by the ministry said that it "announces the cancellation of the Turkish Defense Minister's visit to Iraq, slated for Thursday."
It also said the ministry "will summon the Turkish ambassador, Fatih Yildiz, to hand him a strongly worded letter of protest, and to express Iraq's rejection to his country's attacks and violations."
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