The president of the UN Security Council said members are considering a visit to Afghanistan on Saturday to get a better understanding of the war-torn country’s prospects and needs, a media report said yesterday.
“We think it’s important for Security Council members to get the update of the situation from the ground,” Kazakh Ambassador Kairat Umarov said on January 11.
According to the Washington Post, Umarov did not give any date for the visit, which he said would be the first to Afghanistan by the full council in seven years.
“We would like them to feel the situation there and work with the Afghan government on what the needs are,” said Umarov, the 15-member Security Council’s president for this month.
Earlier this week, US national security adviser H.R. McMaster briefed ambassadors of the Security Council in New York following a series of high-profile US visits to Afghanistan.
Umarov said the members of the council agree on the need for a “more comprehensive approach” that puts a stronger focus on development in Afghanistan and is not limited to increasing security.
This would be the third visit of the council to Afghanistan. Previous visits of the council were in 2003 and 2010.
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