In a first of its kind move, India may host a meeting of National Security Advisors (NSA) in New Delhi next month. Afghanistan The situation after the takeover of the country by the Taliban. The invitees include China and Pakistan. years informed of.
The meeting is likely to be held on November 10-11. NSAs from Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan have also been invited to the meeting. Pakistani NSA Moeed Yusuf has been invited and if he attends, this will be his first visit to India as Pakistan NSA.
NSA Ajit Doval and Yusuf had attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting held in Dushanbe in June this year, but the two did not hold any bilateral talks at that time.
Meanwhile, India will participate in Russia’s meeting Joining the Taliban on 20 October. A Taliban delegation has already confirmed that they will attend the meeting for the Moscow draft talks on Afghanistan. China, Pakistan and Iran are also involved in the Moscow talks.
While India’s first formal contact with the Taliban took place in Doha on August 31, the Moscow format will enable the first formal contact between New Delhi and the interim Taliban government in Kabul. Terrorism, humanitarian aid and recognition of the Taliban regime are likely to top the agenda at the meeting.
Reports say the likely November meeting in New Delhi is India’s attempt to position itself as a key stakeholder and play a key role in shaping the future of Afghanistan.
In the last two months, India has been in talks with various other stakeholders on the situation in Afghanistan. It had its first bilateral meeting with Russian NSA Nikolai Petrushev in September, during which the two sides decided to promote coordination to combat terrorism in Afghanistan through better cooperation between the countries’ various security agencies.
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