Open scenarios: Has Iraq become the arena for a cold war between Turkey and its opponents?

It seems that the possibility of Iraq remaining a hot and cold battlefield at the same time still exists and is open, within the framework of regional competition and international conflict that reached its climax by opening a new front between Turkey on one side and its opponents on the other side, led by France and Greece, in addition to the traditional front between America and Iran. .

The Iraqi arena was pregnant with sudden political transformations after the recent French interest, and then comes the visit of the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, which is the first of its kind since 1998, as he expressed the willingness of Greek companies to work in Iraq in the field of reconstruction, energy and medical materials, confirming support His country is for the sovereignty, unity, and stability of Iraq, and to confront the challenges facing the world and the region, foremost of which is terrorism.

In conjunction with Dendias' visit, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi received a written letter from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that included a formal suit to visit Turkey, according to the media office of the Iraqi prime minister.

Al-Obeidi believes that Greece is seeking to attract other parties in the region to its case against Turkey (Al-Jazeera)

Speculations and explanations

There were many scenarios and speculation about the possibility of Iraq turning again into a new arena of conflict between Turkey and its traditional opponents, especially France and Greece, through the interpretation of the rapid political and diplomatic shifts on its lands, coinciding with the Greek-Turkish counter-moves against each other against the backdrop of the differences between them due to the maritime borders. And the Cyprus island file, with Greece continuing to expand the alliance formed with French support to strengthen its front against Turkey.

Iraqi observers interpreted the recent Greek move on the land of Iraq after this interruption, which lasted about 32 years, as to put pressure on Turkey without achieving any economic benefit for the country.

There are several explanations and political significance of the Greek foreign minister’s visit to Iraq, at a time when his country is going through a political, economic and historical crisis with Turkey, including Athens’s attempt to have arms in the region, with the persistence of the outstanding problems between the two countries in the Mediterranean and Aegean, in terms of exploration for Gas.

Greece - while it is going through these difficult economic conditions - will not achieve any economic benefit for Iraq, but rather seeks to attract other parties in the region to its case against Turkey as a result of Ankara's policy and its extended interests in Iraq, according to the academic expert in combating international terrorism, Nabil Al-Obaidi.

Iraq will enter into a dilemma greater than the political, economic and security dilemmas it is going through now if it is allowed to turn into a major arena or party for the Cold War between Athens and Ankara, according to Al-Obaidi.

He believes that it is necessary for Iraq to emerge from the circle of its ongoing problems, and to employ its efforts to solve these international, external and internal problems and challenges without passing or approaching international tensions, at a time when Turkey is a strong country that can rely on itself, and Iraq must rely on it as a country that has a regional position in Its struggle against some terrorist organizations.

Al-Obeidi called on the Iraqi presidencies to keep the country away from these conflicts, and its ravages of conflicts would suffice and turn it into an arena for settling scores between Tehran and Washington, stressing that Iraq was not eligible to be an arena for the Turkish-Greek conflict.

Analysts considered that the Greek minister's visit is formal and has no dimensions (Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Routine visit

The academic expert asked: "Is it possible for Iraq to transfer its conflict to other countries and the war by proxy that has been in force for years?" Reinforcing his question with another question: How can Iraq protect itself if it allows the transfer of the Greek-Turkish conflict to its lands?

The visit of the Greek foreign minister did not depart from the circle of routine, and has no dimensions for Iraq to turn into a bridge for talks or a party to a conflict between the countries of the region, especially Ankara and Athens, with no differentiation of the quality of relations between the two parties at the political, economic, and even cultural levels between Iraq and Greece, says political analyst Hashem al-Kindi.

This visit came to sustain the political presence, as al-Kindy describes it, stressing in his speech to Al-Jazeera Net that the visit will not have any political or pivotal consequences, ruling out any attempts to plunge Iraq into regional conflicts, and the Greek-Turkish difference is far from Iraq.

Commenting on the importance of Greece’s role in combating terrorism, al-Kindi says that the statements made by officials, whether on the Iraqi or Greek side, about Athena’s role in this aspect;

They are nothing but compliments and compliments for the visit and its arrangements, and it will not have any action on the ground, attributing the reason to the fact that Athens is not concerned with the security of the region, and it has no role in that, and Iraq has not received any security assistance from it with its weak economic side.

Sherko Mohammed confirms that the interest of Iraq is to resolve its internal problems first (Al-Jazeera)

The interest of Iraq

Iraq affirms that dialogue and exchange of views are in dealing with problems, whether at the internal or regional level, at a time when the region in general is going through a bad situation.

No new conflict is possible with the intensification of the wars in Azerbaijan and Armenia, according to the head of the Foreign Relations Committee in the House of Representatives Sherko Muhammad.

Sherko Muhammad believes that the conflicts in the region do not affect regional countries only, but also the entire region and global security, and what is related to the Turkish-Greek conflict is a European affair far from the Iraqi arena, with the presence of America and Russia's stance and their monitoring of current developments.

It is in the interest of Iraq in the current circumstances to focus its focus on calming matters and solving the problems that it suffers from internally - according to Sherko Muhammad, who told Al-Jazeera Net that in one case, Iraq can benefit from Europe through Greece, which is rebuilding the infrastructure.