Turkey, UK to work for regional stability, officials say

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (L) reacts as he poses for a photograph with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, at Carlton Gardens in London, on July 8, 2020, ahead of their meeting. [HANNAH MCKAY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images]

Turkey and the United Kingdom will cooperate to ensure regional stability, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said late yesterday following an explosion at Afghanistan’s Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport, Anadolu Agency reports.

Taking to Twitter, Raab said that he spoke with his Turkish counterpart Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu over the phone about the security situation and strategic priorities in Afghanistan.

“We will work closely with Turkey and international partners to safeguard regional stability and respond to the humanitarian situation,” he wrote.

I spoke to Turkish FM @MevlutCavusoglu 🇹🇷 again about the security situation and strategic priorities on Afghanistan. We will work closely with Turkey and international partners to safeguard regional stability and respond to the humanitarian situation.

— Dominic Raab (@DominicRaab) August 26, 2021

“We are working urgently to establish what has happened in Kabul and its impact on the ongoing evacuation effort,” the ministry said in a statement.

A suspected suicide bomb exploded outside Kabul airport yesterday, killing 79 people including children and 13 US service members.

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