Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan affairs, met with Uzbekistan officials to discuss issues around Afghanistan.
In a post on X on Sunday, West stated that he had a discussion with Abdulaziz Khafizovich Kamilov, Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council of Uzbekistan, and Ismatullah Irgashev, the country’s special representative, about Afghanistan.
He added that during this meeting, he discussed many common interests and the way forward in Afghanistan.
According to him, this meeting was held in Washington.
This comes ahead of the June 30 Doha meeting which will see special representatives of various countries come together for the third time to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
The Doha meeting will be hosted by the United Nations.
Last week the Islamic Emirate issued a statement on the meeting and said the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi met with the UN Secretary General’s special representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, and the two sides discussed the upcoming Doha meeting.
According to the statement, the UN envoy said her team is working on the meeting’s agenda and seeks to prepare the agenda in such a way that is acceptable to all parties.
She added that she wants to hear the Islamic Emirate’s opinion on the final agenda of the Doha meeting, and once the agenda is finalized, official invitations will be sent to the participants of the meeting.
Muttaqi emphasized that it is important to prepare the agenda in a way that is acceptable to all parties.
He added that the IEA government has shared its position on the third Doha meeting with all parties and is working closely with the stakeholders in this matter.
