By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, April 04, 2023 at 9:16 PM
Russia has announced it will hold a conference on Afghanistan in Uzbekistan on April 13, and representatives of neighboring countries will attend.
TASS reported that the Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that the foreign ministers of the neighboring countries will attend.
According to Kabulov, there is still no progress in creating a five-party G5 format for a settlement in Afghanistan with the participation of Russia, India, Iran, China and Pakistan due to Islamabad’s objections to the involvement of New Delhi.
The Islamic Emirate called for its inclusion in the meeting, saying that representatives of the Islamic Emirate should be invited to the conference.
“For any meeting about Afghanistan, either at the regional or international level, it is necessary that a delegation from the Islamic Emirate, as one of the main sides, (be invited) to share the situation on the ground with the participants,” said Suhail Shaheen, head of the Taliban’s Qatar-based political office.
This comes as political analysts said that such meetings benefit Afghanistan.
“The conference in Uzbekistan is a response to the regional countries, particularly the neighboring countries that are worried about insecurity on its soil,” said Hamid Safoot, a political analyst.
“Until they find a friend or a colleague, such efforts will not bring results. We have seen a lot of such efforts outside of the country but none of them have had positive results,” said Wahid Faqiri, a political analyst.
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