“I will be named after the famous Muslim commander Khalid bin Walid,” Erdoğan said while visiting Turkish troops in Doha. Erdoğan added that an Ankara-Doha joint force command serves peace and stability not only in Qatar but also in the Gulf region.
Dubbing the command as “the symbol of brotherhood, friendship, solidarity and sincerity,” Erdoğan claimed [this command] has never based on “interests like that of the other countries’. “We have never left our friends alone in any period of the history against threats and risks, and we never will,” he said, and added: “We [Turkey] attribute great importance to peace, security and stability of the Gulf region where we are connected with deep roots”.
Erdoğan said he and the accompanying Turkish officials held “fruitful, successful and sincere” meetings with their counterparts during the day. “We confirmed our will to strengthen bilateral ties from a strategic perspective, and boosted our cooperation with the new agreements we signed,” Erdoğan said, referring to the seven deals inked during the meetings. Following his meetings, Erdoğan departed from Qatar. The Turkish president arrived in Doha earlier in the day to attend the fifth meeting of the Turkey-Qatar High Strategic Committee.
7 new agreements to further already strong Ankara-Doha ties
Friends in good times and bad, Turkey and Qatar Monday agreed to further boost their bilateral relations as they signed seven new agreements in several areas, including trade, industry and technology, while also strongly emphasizing military and defense cooperation.
The deals came on the sidelines of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s one-day visit to Doha where he arrived Monday at the invitation of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to attend the fifth meeting of the Qatar-Turkey Higher Strategic Committee.
During their meeting, the two leaders discussed all aspects of the relations between Turkey and Qatar, addressed the means to further deepen the cooperation between the two countries in all areas and exchanged views on regional and international issues.
Following the one-on-one meeting between Erdoğan and Al Thani, an agreement signing ceremony was held after an inter-delegation working meal. Seven agreements were inked with the attendance of the two leaders.
“We have held productive, successful and sincere meetings,” Erdoğan said, as he addressed Turkish troops during his visit to the Qatari-Turkish Combined Joint Task Force Command.
