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Afghanistan, visita di Blinken in Qatar

Si rivela sempre più centrale il ruolo del Qatar piccolo emirato del Golfo, sede della più grande base militare Usa in Medio Oriente e garante dei rapporti diplomatico con il regime dei talebani in Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he gets ready to board an aircraft from Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, to travel to Doha, Qatar and Ramstein, Germany.  Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are heading to the Persian Gulf to begin managing a transition to post-Afghan war relationships with traditional allies in the Middle East and beyond who were partners in the failed war against the Taliban and the concluding evacuation.  (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives to board an aircraft from Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, to travel to Doha, Qatar and Ramstein, Germany.  Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are heading to the Persian Gulf to begin managing a transition to post-Afghan war relationships with traditional allies in the Middle East and beyond who were partners in the failed war against the Taliban and the concluding evacuation.  (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, arrives at Old Doha Airport in Qatar's capital Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. Blinken is meeting with Qatari leaders to thank the nation for its support in the Afghanistan evacuation efforts and to discuss the future of US-Afghanistan relations. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
An aerial view of an Afghan refugee camp inside the US military base in Ramstein, Germany Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed on Sunday via Ramstein to Qatar on his first trip since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan as he seeks a united front with allies shaken by the chaos.  (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
An aerial view of an Afghan refugee camp inside the US military base in Ramstein, Germany Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed on Sunday via Ramstein to Qatar on his first trip since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan as he seeks a united front with allies shaken by the chaos.  (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, fist-bumps Ambassador John Desrocher, left, as MFA Director of Protocol Ambassador Ibrahim Fakhroo looks on upon Blinken's arrival at Old Doha Airport in Qatar's capital Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. Blinken is meeting with Qatari leaders to thank the nation for its support in the Afghanistan evacuation efforts and to discuss the future of US-Afghanistan relations. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, is welcomed upon his arrival by MFA Director of Protocol Ambassador Ibrahim Fakhroo at Old Doha Airport in Qatar's capital Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. Blinken is meeting with Qatari leaders to thank the nation for its support in the Afghanistan evacuation efforts and to discuss the future of US-Afghanistan relations. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken foreground right, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, take part in a meeing with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, centre right and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, centre left, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second right and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, pose for a photo with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, right and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, second left, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, fourth left and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, fifth left,  takes part in a meeting with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, fourth right and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, fifth right, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)

Il segretario di stato Antony Blinken si è recato nell’emirato del Qatar, il piccolo stato del Golfo che ospita la base aerea di al-Udeid, con la presenza di 13 mila militari usa e decine di cacciabombardieri, ma è anche il Paese che ha stretti legami con il governo talebano che controlla totalmente il territorio dell’Afghanistan da fine agosto 2021.

Come riporta l’Osservatorio sulla sicurezza internazionale promosso dalla Luiss sotto la direzione di Alessandro Orsini, «gli Usa hanno di recente riferito di stare avviando le procedure per nominare il Qatar come “maggiore alleato fuori dalla NATO”, uno status che offre alle nazioni straniere vantaggi in settori come il commercio, la difesa e la cooperazione per la sicurezza.  Risale al 9 luglio 2019, invece, la firma di un accordo tra il governo del Qatar e Raytheon, un’importante azienda statunitense operante nel settore della difesa. In particolare, Doha si è impegnata ad acquistare dalla controparte americana aerei, motori ed altri dispositivi di difesa, tra cui il sistema di difesa aerea ad ampio raggio NASAMS, oltre a sistemi missilistici di tipo Patriot».

Blinken si recherà mercoledì 8 settembre in Germania presso la base aerea di Ramstein, dove sono collati temporaneamente migliaia di afghani evacuati da Kabul.

Il ministro degli esteri italiano, Luigi Di Maio, si è collegato dal Qatar con il forum Ambrosetti il 6 settembre confermando la scelta di «ricollocare nei prossimi giorni l’ambasciata che avevamo a Kabul qui a Doha, in Qatar, insieme ai nostri alleati. Il Qatar è stato fondamentale per i colloqui negli ultimi anni». Altri dettagli nell’informativa che Di Maio sta svolgendo sull’Afghanistan presso Camera e Senato il 7 settembre.

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