Moscow format member countries have confirmed they will attend the next meeting on Afghanistan, which is scheduled to take place on September 29 in Kazan, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko confirmed.
“Basically, all participants in the Moscow format confirmed their desire to be there and discuss the problems of Afghanistan. We hope that representatives of the current Afghan authorities will also participate there,” the deputy minister said.
Rudenko noted that this meeting is a necessary step in the ongoing exchange of views on what is happening in Afghanistan. “And what the international community, in particular the countries of this format, could do to stabilize the general situation there,” he added.
The members of the Moscow format on Afghanistan includes Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The last format meeting was held in November 2022.
