DOHA: Turkey and Qatar the day prior to this raised the potential of collectively working Afghanistan’s Taleban-controlled airport, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for 2 days of talks in Doha. Afghans and international nationals fled the rustic throughout the facility because the hardline Islamist motion took energy in August following twenty years of battle.
However many are nonetheless in search of to escape the conflict-scarred country, which is going through the specter of iciness meals shortages and financial cave in. “We’re going to act in combination,” Turkish Overseas Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu advised a joint press briefing together with his Qatari counterpart forward of Erdogan’s arrival. “Qatar and Turkey are steadily running with the meantime executive in Afghanistan to achieve an settlement to open the airport (so it might probably serve as) generally,” Qatari Overseas Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani added.
Erdogan’s consult with comes as Turkey seeks to rebuild family members with former opponents within the energy-rich Gulf area, together with the United Arab Emirates, whose crown prince final month visited Turkey for the primary time since 2012. Simmering tensions between Ankara and its Gulf opponents escalated after a Saudi Arabia-led blockade on Qatar by means of Arab international locations in 2017. Ankara sponsored Qatar within the dispute, and the 2 international locations have grown nearer ever since.
Erdogan, whose nation is reeling from a recent financial disaster and is looking international funding and industry, mentioned he sought after to make use of the shuttle to foster nearer family members with all Gulf states. “We’re in choose of strengthening our relationships with all of the Gulf international locations,” Erdogan advised newshounds at an Istanbul airport sooner than leaving for Doha. “The blockade and sanctions imposed on Qatar had been lifted as of the beginning of this yr. Presently, unity is being restored amongst Gulf international locations,” Erdogan mentioned. – AFP
