By Syed Zabiullah Langari
The Presidential Palace said that Russia’s unusual government minister stated Moscow was inwards back upwardly of an Afghan-owned peace process. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Mon phoned Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani in addition to discussed issues of usual interest, including the planned peace talks inwards Moscow – which the 2 officials agreed to postpone. The Presidential Palace (ARG) said inwards a disceptation that although Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan strongly values the efforts yesteryear its regional in addition to international partners towards restoring peace inwards the country, the Afghan authorities believes that whatever efforts for peace must live carried out inwards consummate cooperation in addition to harmony alongside the Afghan authorities in addition to the Afghan people. According to the statement, Ghani hailed Moscow for its efforts for peace inwards Afghanistan, but he told Lavrov that whatever talks must live an Afghan-owned in addition to Afghan-led process.
“In the telephonic conversation, the president of the province hailed the efforts made yesteryear Afghanistan’s regional in addition to international friends, specially the Russian Federation towards lasting peace inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan in addition to said that the peace invention which was presented at the minute Kabul Process conference had been outlined inwards consultation alongside diverse segments of club in addition to alongside the back upwardly of the international community in addition to the invention has defined all basic principles for sustainable peace inwards the country,” read the statement. This was inwards reference to Ghani’s peace offering to the Taliban at the minute Kabul Process Conference inwards Kabul inwards April.
Lavrov meanwhile assured Ghani during their conversation that Russian Federation was too inwards back upwardly of an Afghan-owned peace procedure in addition to that Moscow was prepared to cooperate alongside the Afghan authorities regarding peace.
“In the telephonic conversation, it was decided to postpone the Moscow conference in addition to thence that the 2 countries tin hand the axe coordinate on farther preparations in addition to effectiveness of the process,” read the statement.
This comes simply days afterward Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) objected to Moscow’s proposed talks on Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan in addition to said that whatever talks for peace should live carried out nether the leadership of the Afghan authorities in addition to the people.
In a disceptation issued on Thursday, MoFA said that although it appreciated the efforts yesteryear Russian Federation for peace inwards Afghanistan, it stated that the Afghan authorities expected its regional in addition to international partners to pave the agency for intra-Afghan dialogue.
“Afghanistan volition non attend a coming together where at that topographic point is no commitment yesteryear the Taliban to come inwards straight talks alongside the government. The authorities would attend talks alongside the Taliban at whatever place but these would cause got to live straight talks,” MoFA’s disceptation read.
“Any regional consensus near Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan needs to live structured inwards axis of the Afghan government. The peace procedure definitely needs to live carried out nether the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. We volition non participate inwards the Moscow talks,” said MoFA deputy spokesman Sibghat Ahmadi.
But, a old Taliban political figure Sayed Akbar Agha said final calendar week that the Taliban planned to attend the meeting.
“Taliban has agreed to the Moscow talks in addition to they volition attend it. These talks are related to Asia. Foreign forces cause got come upwardly to Asian countries in addition to at that topographic point are concerns amid these countries near it. All these countries desire unusual forces to withdraw from Afghanistan,” he said.
US rejects Russia-led Talks on Afghanistan
Last calendar week the US too turned downwards the invitation yesteryear Russian Federation to bring together Russia-led talks on Afghanistan, proverb they were unlikely to aid convey peace.
A State Department spokesman said Midweek that equally a affair of principle, the US supports Afghan-led efforts to advance a peace settlement.
The talks scheduled for September iv would cause got seen a number of regional countries come upwardly together over the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan issue.
When announcing its invention for talks, Russian Federation said it had invited the Taliban in addition to 12 countries, including Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan in addition to the United States, to attend the Moscow meeting.
However, Russia’s Foreign Ministry retaliated over the US’s refusal to participate in addition to said final calendar week that Washington’s "refusal to attend the Moscow coming together on Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan shows Washington has no involvement inwards launching a peace procedure inwards Afghanistan."
Pakistan, a fundamental actor
The Moscow talks number too comes at a crucial juncture for Islamic Republic of Pakistan – equally its novel Prime Minister Imran Khan is entirely simply settling inwards to office.
Khan has nevertheless pledged to operate for peace inwards Afghanistan.
Pakistan has long been defendant of having a potent influence over the Taliban in addition to despite a number of crackdowns, has non taken whatever substantial steps inwards peace efforts – specially inwards damage of claims of them providing rubber havens to Taliban leaders.
The Afghan authorities has constantly called on the Taliban to denounce violence in addition to goal the state of war in addition to to engage inwards straight peace talks alongside government. But to date, the Taliban has shown no existent willingness to engage inwards peace talks alongside government. Instead it has expanded its insurgent activities across the country, seizing to a greater extent than territory in addition to inflicting to a greater extent than casualties on Afghan safety forces in addition to civilians.
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