Uzbekistan will open a high-level two-day international conference on Afghanistan “Peace Process, Cooperation in the Sphere of Security and Regional Interaction” in Tashkent today.
“Afghan officials, the world and regional countries will discuss on Afghanistan’s peace issue in Tashkent. The conference follows the second Kabul peace process conference. President Ghani will focus on Afghanistan’s peace offer to Taliban,” said Ehsan Taher, spokesperson of High Peace Council (HPC).
According to the reports, among the guests invited to the conference are the UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, as well as the foreign ministers of China, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Turkey, India, Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The conference participants are expected to express a consolidated position at regional and global levels on necessity of starting direct negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban movement.
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