New Delhi: Pakistan PM Imran Khan said on Friday that Islamabad will consider the proposal to deliver wheat to India favorably Afghanistan Through land route passing through Pakistan.
While India has yet to officially hear from Pakistan on the proposal, the announcement made by Khan’s office is still significant as assurances by Pakistan’s prime minister come at a meeting. Taliban Acting Foreign Minister, Aamir Khan Muttaki, in Islamabad. It also comes against the recent spate of drama in which Pakistan’s NSA Moeed Yusuf called India a spoiler in Afghanistan and declined India’s invitation to attend the NSA summit hosted by India this week.
TOI first reported on October 19 that India is looking to transport 50,000 metric tonnes to Afghanistan and is in touch with Pakistan to deliver it through the Wagah-Attari border.
Pakistan’s PMO tweeted, “Prime Minister informed that in the present context, Pakistan will consider the request of the Afghan brothers to favorably consider the request for transportation of wheat offered by India through Pakistan for humanitarian purposes and the modalities will work accordingly.” Khan’s meeting with Muttaki.
Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan TCA Raghavan He said that land transport through Pakistan can set a good example for regional cooperation. “If there is land transport through Pakistan, it will be helpful for Afghanistan and will also set a good example for regional cooperation,” Raghavan said.
Pakistan famously rejected India’s request for the delivery of wheat to Afghanistan through the land border in 2002, when India was seeking to help Afghanistan in a similar humanitarian crisis. Since then it has rejected all such Indian requests.
After approaching Pakistan to facilitate the delivery of wheat, India had officially offered assistance to Afghanistan in a meeting with the Taliban delegation on the sidelines of the Moscow format meeting in Moscow. While the Taliban announced almost immediately that India had offered aid, a few days later, Taliban ambassador to the United Nations, Suhail Shaheen, told TOI that the Taliban were willing to accept aid from India and receive and provide security to Indian diplomats. was ready. Perform your normal diplomatic duties.
The Taliban have twice welcomed the meeting chaired by NSA Ajit Doval since the NSA summit on Wednesday and said they want to have good diplomatic relations with India.
India continues to be one of the main suppliers of wheat to Afghanistan and has delivered 75,000 metric tonnes of grain to Afghanistan in 2020 through the Chabahar port in Iran. The government wants the United Nations to monitor the distribution idea to ensure it is non-discriminatory.
While India has yet to officially hear from Pakistan on the proposal, the announcement made by Khan’s office is still significant as assurances by Pakistan’s prime minister come at a meeting. Taliban Acting Foreign Minister, Aamir Khan Muttaki, in Islamabad. It also comes against the recent spate of drama in which Pakistan’s NSA Moeed Yusuf called India a spoiler in Afghanistan and declined India’s invitation to attend the NSA summit hosted by India this week.
TOI first reported on October 19 that India is looking to transport 50,000 metric tonnes to Afghanistan and is in touch with Pakistan to deliver it through the Wagah-Attari border.
Pakistan’s PMO tweeted, “Prime Minister informed that in the present context, Pakistan will consider the request of the Afghan brothers to favorably consider the request for transportation of wheat offered by India through Pakistan for humanitarian purposes and the modalities will work accordingly.” Khan’s meeting with Muttaki.
Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan TCA Raghavan He said that land transport through Pakistan can set a good example for regional cooperation. “If there is land transport through Pakistan, it will be helpful for Afghanistan and will also set a good example for regional cooperation,” Raghavan said.
Pakistan famously rejected India’s request for the delivery of wheat to Afghanistan through the land border in 2002, when India was seeking to help Afghanistan in a similar humanitarian crisis. Since then it has rejected all such Indian requests.
After approaching Pakistan to facilitate the delivery of wheat, India had officially offered assistance to Afghanistan in a meeting with the Taliban delegation on the sidelines of the Moscow format meeting in Moscow. While the Taliban announced almost immediately that India had offered aid, a few days later, Taliban ambassador to the United Nations, Suhail Shaheen, told TOI that the Taliban were willing to accept aid from India and receive and provide security to Indian diplomats. was ready. Perform your normal diplomatic duties.
The Taliban have twice welcomed the meeting chaired by NSA Ajit Doval since the NSA summit on Wednesday and said they want to have good diplomatic relations with India.
India continues to be one of the main suppliers of wheat to Afghanistan and has delivered 75,000 metric tonnes of grain to Afghanistan in 2020 through the Chabahar port in Iran. The government wants the United Nations to monitor the distribution idea to ensure it is non-discriminatory.
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