Uzbekistan Urges Taliban & Pakistan To Pursue Diplomacy
As tensions escalate between the Taliban and Pakistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov, Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, held a telephone conversation with Amir Khan Muttaqi.
According to a statement from the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry, Saidov stressed that diplomacy is the only solution to the conflict.
Muttaqi said the Taliban’s recent security measures were carried out solely to defend Afghanistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and airspace.
He added that the Taliban believe in resolving disputes through understanding and negotiation, but warned that they consider defence of the country’s territory to be their legitimate right in the event of any aggression.
The Taliban statement also said the Uzbek foreign minister described diplomacy as the only effective way to manage the current situation and expressed readiness to play a practical role in future efforts.
