Turkey on Friday vowed to address the central Iraqi government's concerns over a deployment of Turkish troops at a camp close to an Islamic State-held area in northern Iraq, AFP reports.
"It is our duty to address the Baghdad government's concerns," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a live interview broadcast on the NTV television.
Turkey's deployment of several hundred troops in Bashiqa, near the key northern Iraqi city of Mosul, has infuriated Baghdad, warning Ankara to withdraw its forces.
Turkey has halted further deployment after Baghdad threatened to take the case to the UN Security Council.
The foreign minister's conciliatory remarks came after Turkey's powerful intelligence chief Hakan Fidan and foreign ministry undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu held talks in Baghdad on Thursday.