We have learned with regret that almost 50 persons including the Mosul Security Director Saleh Mohamad Al Jabouri were killed and a large number of people wounded in bombing attacks that took place on January 23 and January 24 in the city of Mosul of Iraq. We condemn these terrorist attacks aiming to damage the unity of Iraq and wish the apprehension of the perpetrators in the shortest time.

It is important for the Iraqi people to maintain its composure and to display a united front against terrorism in order to render ineffective such attempts by those who desire to create an atmosphere of conflict among ethnic groups and sects in Iraq..

We convey our condolences to relatives of those who lost their lives and wish speedy recovery to the wounded.

With the aim to relieve in a small measure the distress caused by this attack to our neighbor the people of Iraq, Turkey is dispatching 13 tons of food and medicine aid by a military cargo plane, also carrying a medical team, to Mosul on January 25, 2008. And the same plane is bringing back to Ankara a certain number of Iraqi citizens wounded during the attacks for medical treatment in Turkey..