Meet attended by 20 other Countries...
India participated in a two-day conference hosted by Uzbekistan on Monday. Uzbekistan hosted the conference in its capital city Tashkent to discuss the ongoing situation in Afghanistan. The conference was attended by 20 countries in total and India was represented at the conference by the joint secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in charge of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, J P Singh.
Sources have informed that a conference titled ‘Afghanistan: Security and Economic Development is being attended by Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi.
Uzbekistan last week said that their motives behind the conference are to develop a set of measures and proposals for the approaches of the world community to promote stability, security, and post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan. Representatives from several parts of the world including Central and South Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region are participating in deliberations to find a solution to help with the issue in Afghanistan. In a statement, it was said, “The conference is aimed at developing a set of measures and proposals for the approaches of the world community to promote stability, security, post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan and its integration into regional cooperation processes,”.
A statement by the Uzbek government had added that “Our country is committed to establishing lasting peace in neighbouring Afghanistan and considers this process an important condition for achieving sustainable development in the Central Asian region,”. India has been in touch with many leading powers on the ongoing situation in Afghanistan. India re-established its diplomatic presence in Kabul by deploying a “technical team” in its embassy in Kabul last month.
In the last few months, India voluntarily sent humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
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