Ankara: Turkey has denied reports that claimed that it had given up on plans to continue running Kabul airport, saying it was awaiting the results of sustainable talks between the Taliban and several Afghan politicians.
“We hope they reach an agreement through a peaceful way,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the Hurriyet newspaper in comments printed on Wednesday.
“After this (the conversation) occurs, we can talk about these things.” Turkey, a NATO member, around 600 soldiers provide security at the International Airport in Kabul, has proposed to continue running and protecting the airport after withdrawing troops A.S.
and NATO.
Taliban said that all NATO troops would leave Afghanistan.
Meanwhile Cavusoglu, defending the government’s decision to be involved in talks with the Taliban, following criticism from opposition parties.
“This does not mean that we support their ideology.
Everyone becomes pragmatic,” he said.
The Minister also received criticism for saying the government welcomed the “positive message” of the Taliban.
“We said, we welcome their message, ‘but we say that we are careful, that is, we must see this (message) applied in practice,” Cavusoglu said.