British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “We appreciate the leading role of the State of Qatar in the evacuation from Afghanistan.”

It is noteworthy that Qatar and the Taliban have reached an agreement to resume the evacuation from the Kabul airport, the Axios website reports, citing the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Gulf Emirate, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani. The agreement allows two Qatar Airways flights to evacuate US and other nationals and Afghans in danger. Axios explained that the agreement provides for two flights a week operated by Qatar Airways, which will allow the US and other countries to evacuate thousands of their citizens and at-risk Afghans.

This agreement coincides with the visit of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to the United States in early February to discuss several files, most notably gas supplies to Europe amid fears of cutting off the flow of Russian gas. gas to European countries in the event of an attack by Moscow on Ukraine.