By NNN-KUNA
Brussels : The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has adopted a report here calling on the European Union to become more actively engaged in assistance to Iraq.
It calls on the EU Council of Ministers to “step up the quantity, but especially the quality, of EU support for UN efforts to build a safe, stable, unified, prosperous and democratic Iraq.”
The report urges Turkey “to respect the territorial integrity of Iraq and not to react to terrorist actions through military actions on Iraqi territory.”
The EP also called on Iraqi authorities not to allow its territory to be used as a base for terrorist actions against Turkey.
The report calls on the Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) to “account for the situation of the over 24,000 detainees held in MNF-I custody, so as to ensure respect for due process and their basic human rights”.
It also urges the European Commission “to alleviate the plight of Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria and in other countries in the region”, and to “improve the possibilities for Iraqi refugees to find refuge in EU member states.”
The report will be put to vote on March 13, during the next full session of the EP.