Turkey wants to work with Pakistan to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan to stop an influx of refugees from the war-torn country, the Turkish president said today Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Turkey is facing a growing wave of Afghans passing through Iran. “We will continue to work for the return of stability in the region, starting with Afghanistan,” Erdogan said.
“To this end, we must continue and strengthen our cooperation with Pakistan,” a country neighboring Afghanistan and a key player in the country, Erdogan said. “We are determined to mobilize all the means at our disposal to achieve this,” he added.
Erdogan, who did not elaborate, was speaking in Istanbul in the presence of his Pakistani counterpart Arif Alvi during the launching ceremony of a Turkish-built warship for Pakistan.
These statements are made as Afghanistan has seen many upheavals in recent weeks.
Following a lightning strike, the Taliban took control of most of the country and were now on the verge of returning to power, twenty years after their ouster.
Turkey, which has deployed hundreds of troops in Afghanistan, last month offered to take over the security of Kabul airport in the United States after the planned withdrawal of US troops by the end of August, provided it receives support.
Negotiations between Ankara and Washington on the issue continue, and Erdogan said last week that the situation “will become clearer in the coming days”, and said he was ready to meet with the Taliban leader for talks.
Turkey has been facing an influx of Afghan refugees and migrants entering its territory from the border with Iran to the east for months.
The issue has been the subject of much political debate in Turkey in recent weeks, with the opposition pushing the government to take strong steps to stem the tide.
In this context, Ankara has accelerated the construction of a border wall with Iran in recent days.
“With this wall, we will completely stop the crossings,” Erdogan said today.

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