Turkey says talks with Taliban on operating Kabul airport still underway

Turkish Overseas Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks throughout a information convention after assembly together with his counterparts Russian Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Dmytro Kuleba, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Antalya, Turkey March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

ANKARA, March 13 (Reuters) – Turkish Overseas Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu mentioned on Sunday that talks with the Taliban on working the Kabul airport have been nonetheless underway, a day after he met performing Afghan Overseas Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in southern Turkey. learn extra

Turkey has mentioned it could be open to working Kabul’s Hamid Karzai worldwide airport together with Qatar, following the takeover of Afghanistan by the hardline Islamist Taliban in August, however provided that its safety calls for are met.

Requested about inviting Taliban officers to a diplomacy discussion board in southern Turkey on the weekend, Cavusoglu instructed reporters this didn’t imply Ankara recognised the Taliban management, however added the interim authorities in Afghanistan should be heard.

Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu
Writing by Daren Butler
Enhancing by Louise Heavens

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