Qatar to support Turkey with military airlift under the guise of a training agreement

Nordic Monitor has obtained and published a technical agreement document between Qatar and Turkey. While the agreement is to permit Qatar to send up to 36 military aircraft and not more than 250 personnel to Turkey for training. The agreement also allows Qatar to transport Turkish military equipment, material, dangerous goods, ammunition, personnel or humanitarian aid materials inside and outside of Turkey

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In fact, in point 9 under the Implementation and Procedures, “training flights of Qatar inside Turkey are to be conducted during air transportation missions as much as possible.”

Under point 10, “in case of a support requirement of (Turkey), (Qatar) is to avail of its other type of aircraft in (Qatar’s) inventory for transportation of (Turkey’s) military equipment, material, dangerous goods, ammunition, personnel or humanitarian aid materials, if it is deemed suitable by competent authority of Qatar.”

Qatar aircraft may use another airfield or base temporarily for training, exercise or transport of materials in coordination with Turkey, says point 11.

Turkey also requires Qatar to allow one of its transport pilot to be inside the cockpit of a Qataris transportation aircraft sortie. At least one Turkish load master will also be inside the same aircraft to handle administrative work.

Both Qatar and Turkey supports the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) of Libya. Turkey has been sending troops and weapons to Libya, the agreement could see Qatar assist Turkey in the latter’s military intervention in the country.

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