Ankara earlier this month deployed Turkish troops to northern Iraq to train a Sunni Muslim militia to fight Daesh militants. The deployment outraged Baghdad, which claims the move violates Iraq's sovereignty.
On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that Turkey had not honored a commitment to withdraw its troops from the region.
Abadi said in a statement that a Turkish delegation to Iraq promised to announce, upon returning to Ankara, that Turkey would withdraw its troops, "but the Turkish government has not respected the agreement and we request that the Turkish government announce immediately that it will withdraw from Iraqi territory."
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Wednesday said that Baghdad will continue to pursue a peaceful resolution, but warned that if "fighting is imposed on us, we will consider it [necessary] to protect our sovereignty, people and resources," the Associated Press reported.
In response, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday said that if Baghdad wants to use force, it should be against Daesh.
Speaking during an interview on NTV, Davutoglu acknowledged there had been "miscommunication" over the troop deployment. He said that Ankara respected Iraqi sovereignty but added that Baghdad is not in control of one third of its own territory.
On Monday, Iraqi forces backed by US-led airstrikes drove Daesh militants out of the center of Ramadi, the capital of the western Anbar province, raising the Iraqi flag over the main government complex.
Daesh seized control of Ramadi in May in what was the terror group's biggest advance since the beginning of the US-led air campaign in August 2014.
General Ismail al-Mahlawi, the provincial military commander, said operations were paused in Ramadi on Wednesday due to rainy weather, the AP reported. Daesh militants still control about 30% of the city.
