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India attends peace conference on Afghanistan participated by Taliban

India attends peace conference on Afghanistan participated by Taliban

TIL Desk/World/New Delhi/Moscow/ India on Friday attended in a ‘non-official’ capacity a conference on bringing back peace in Afghanistan, which was hosted by Russia and participated by the Taliban as well as representatives from several countries including Pakistan, China and Iran.

Hours after the multi-lateral conference began in Moscow, India made it clear that its participation was in sync with its Afghan policy and asserted that attending the meeting was not talking to the Taliban at all.

In his opening remarks at the conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia and the countries of the region will continue to do everything possible to launch dialogue between Afghan government and the Taliban, which is banned in Russia.

“We are determined to make every possible effort to facilitate the opening of a new page in the history of Afghanistan. Lavrov said the conference was ‘aimed at building an inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue in order to advance the national reconciliation process’.

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