ANKARA, Dec 21 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish and Qatari companies, inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to jointly run five airports in Afghanistan, including Kabul airport, Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday.
A Turkish delegation travelled to Doha late yesterday, to discuss the deal for operating the Afghan capital’s airport, and later they will head to Kabul together, to have talks with the interim Afghanistan government, Cavusoglu said, at a press conference.
“We will present joint proposals to the Afghanistan interim administration,” he noted.
“If our conditions are met, we can operate the airports with Qatar. If the conditions are not met, there is no obligation for us to operate them,” he said.
The Taliban group have taken control of Afghanistan after the U.S. forces withdrew from the country in Aug.