InterviewTurkey to decide on Taliban recognition after government forms: foreign minister
Cavusoglu warns nation 'cannot shoulder wave of refugees,' calls for EU cooperation
On Afghanistan, "we should act together as an international community, both the Muslim and non-Muslim world," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tells Nikkei. (Photo courtesy the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
SINAN TAVSAN and MOMOKO KIDERA, Nikkei staff writers
August 19, 2021 04:51 JST
ANKARA -- It is "too early" for Turkey to commit to recognizing a new Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, its foreign minister says, as Ankara rushes to evacuate its own citizens while urging greater European cooperation to avert a refugee crisis.