12月11日，作为我国特使会晤的成果，并考虑到伊拉克政府在这些会见期间提出的关切，总理办公厅发表了一项声明。在声明中，我们宣布土耳其愿意调整我国在Bashiqa军人的人数。发表这项声明之后，我们立即开始重新安排了在Bashiqa的部队人数。12月14日，又有安全人员离开了该营地。人们将会认识到，所有这些缓解局势和达成共同了解的步骤都是土耳其一方采取的，而伊拉克当局却选择通过新闻界来表达自己的立场。
On 11 December, as a result of the meetings of our envoys and taking into consideration the concerns of the Iraqi Government voiced in those meetings, a statement was issued by the Prime Minister’s office. In that statement, we announced Turkey’s readiness to adjust the number of our military personnel in Bashiqa. After that statement’s release, we immediately began rearranging the number of troops in Bashiqa. The additional security elements there left the camp on 14 December. It will be recognized that all those steps to de-escalate the situation and reach a common understanding have been launched by the Turkish side, The situation concerning Iraq S/PV.7589 while the Iraqi authorities preferred to express their position through the press.