Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that a joint delegation from Turkey and Qatar will travel Tuesday to the Afghan capital, Kabul, to consult with the interim government on the management of Afghan airports.
Cavusoglu added at a press conference in Ankara with his Malaysian counterpart Seifuddin Abdullah that Qatar and Turkey will jointly manage the Afghan airports if an agreement is reached.
He pointed out that a Turkish company and a Qatari company had signed an agreement to manage the five Afghan airports.
On Sunday, the Turkish Foreign Minister met Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Mottaki on the sidelines of the 17th Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Pakistan.
For its part, the US State Department said Monday that the international community should intensify its assistance to Afghanistan, because the United States cannot do everything.
State Department spokesman Ned Price added that there is an urgent humanitarian need in Afghanistan as winter approaches.
He added that his country is discussing with United Nations agencies ways to deliver aid to Afghanistan and inject cash into its economy.