In a big step up for the Taliban, the group’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, has been invited to an international conference on security and politics in July, by Abdulaziz Kamilov Uzbekistan’s deputy secretary of the presidential Security Council.
The invitation to Muttaqi to be part of discussions with representatives from countries across the world was extended by Kamilov during a meeting in which both sides spoke about the current situation in Afghanistan, and strengthening economical and transit relationship in Kabul.
Since the Taliban’s takeover, Uzbekistan is one of the few neighboring countries that have maintained ties with the group, and in the past 10 months, both the countries’ officials have met several times.
As per a statement of the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Uzbekistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) said that security of his country is affiliated with the security and stability in Afghanistan. The NSA said that Uzbekistan’s government is ready to work with the Taliban government to strengthen political, economic, and transit relations.
The Taliban statement then added that Muttaqi appreciated Uzbekistan’s cooperation with Afghans in political and economic fields and said that he will participate in the conference.
