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Mortar rounds had fallen close to the building, one official
said.
"We condemn this attack...in the strongest terms and expect
those responsible to be brought to justice as soon as possible,"
the ministry said.
The ministry said the attack coincided with a U.N. Security
Council meeting held at the request of Iraqi authorities to
discuss an attack in northern Iraq last week "at a time when our
country was unfairly accused and targeted".
Eight people were killed and 23 were wounded in an attack on a
mountain resort in Iraq's northern Dohuk province last week.
Turkey has rejected claims by Iraqi officials and state media
that it carried out the attack.
Turkey regularly carries out air strikes in northern Iraq and
has sent commandos to support its offensives against militants
from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) based there.
The PKK launched an insurgency against the Turkish state in 1984
and more than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict. It
is regarded as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States
and the European Union.
"We once again reiterate our call to the Iraqi authorities to
focus on the fight against terrorism and to put an end to
terrorist presence on their territory," the ministry said.
State-owned Anadolu news agency quoted Turkey's U.N.
representative Oncu Keceli as saying at the Security Council
meeting that several mortar rounds had fallen close to the
consulate as they talked.
According to two security sources, four landed within the
perimeter of the consulate facility early Wednesday.
(Reporting by Daren Butler and Jamal al-Badrani in Mosul;
Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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