The UN meeting on the situation in Afghanistan was held on Monday with the presence of delegations from many countries.
According to an earlier document received by TOLOnews, the meeting is to be chaired by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the countries invited to participate are China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uzbekistan.
The meeting is aimed at reinvigorating international engagement around common objectives for a durable way forward and to identify parameters for creative, flexible, principled and constructive engagement.
The deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, Bilal Karimi, said that Kabul expects the meeting to pave the way for the removal of sanctions on Afghanistan and lay out the engagement of the international community with the Islamic Emirate.
“In general, in all meetings, discussions should be held on the release of frozen Afghan assets and the removal of restrictions,” he said.
Pakistan’s Foreign ministry said in a statement that the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, will attend the meeting.
A representative from Iran will also participate in the meeting.
“The discussion in the regional and beyond-region meetings are for preserving the interest of the people of Afghanistan and ensuring stability in this country. We have always played our role in this regard, said Nasir Kanani, a spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry.
Political analysts gave various opinions on the matter.
“The meeting that started in Doha today, it is a consultative meeting behind closed doors and it is possible that regarding engagement with the Taliban, the decision should be made,” said Torialai Zazai, a political analyst.
Although, the Islamic Emirate has not been invited to this meeting, the head of the political office in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, on Twitter wrote about his meetings with some envoys.
