APA – A US delegation of Pentagon and State Department officials will be in Turkey to discuss security at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan, according to a defense official Wednesday.
The visit will take place later this week, Pentagon spokesman Rob Lodewick told Anadolu Agency.
Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there has yet to be a written agreement on the matter, APA reports citing Anadolu.
“I think we’re pretty much at the final piece. I don’t want to speak for Turkey and I don’t want to preempt the outcome of a final agreement but I feel very comfortable that security the Kabul airport will be maintained, and it’s actually a part of that,” said Milley.
A day earlier, sources from Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said the delegation will discuss progress on efforts to keep Afghanistan’s Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport operational.
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