Russia, Iran, Central Asian NSAs will attend Delhi meet on Kabul

Saturday, 6 November 2021Newsdesk

Days after Pakistan’s NSA declared he would not be attending the conference on Afghanistan in India, New Delhi said Friday that Russia, Iran and Central Asian countries have confirmed their participation. A response from China is awaited.

New Delhi, 06 November 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, India is hosting the ‘Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan’ on November 10. The meeting will be at the level of the NSAs and will be chaired by NSA Ajit Doval. Two earlier meetings under this format, sources said, have been held in Iran in September 2018 and December 2019. The third meeting in India could not be held earlier due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A source said there has been an “overwhelming response to India’s invitation”. “Central Asian countries as well as Russia and Iran have confirmed participation,” the source said, adding that this would be the first time that all Central Asian countries, not just Afghanistan’s immediate neighbours, would be participating in this format.

Source - indianexpress.com