Moscow Meet To Focus on Formation of Inclusive Govt in Afghanistan, Says Russian Envoy
Zamir Kabulov, Russia's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, announced that there is no progress in the formation of an inclusive government by the Taliban.
Kabulov told TASS news agency that the issue of the inclusiveness of the Taliban government will be on the agenda for the next Moscow meeting on Afghanistan.
He said that the meeting will be held in Kazan, Russia at the end of September.
The previous meeting of the Moscow format on Afghanistan was held in Moscow last November.
Representatives of Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan had been present during the last Moscow format meeting.
Russia did not invite the Taliban to last year's meeting due to the group's failure to form an "inclusive government” with representation of all ethnic and political groups.
However, according to the Taliban foreign ministry, the group’s foreign minister has received an invitation from Russia’s ambassador in Kabul to participate in the upcoming Moscow format meeting.
