NSA Ajit Doval on Wednesday held vast ranging consultations with Abdullah Abullah, chief of High Council for National Reconciliation, on Afghanistan’s future and steps to safe India’s nationwide interests from cross-border threats.
India is broad basing its engagement in Afghanistan amid peace talks in Doha and as a part of its efforts is internet hosting Dr Abdullah a Tajik chief and one in every of India’s previous allies in Afghanistan. He is being hosted days after India hosted Gen Rashid Dostum, an Afghan chief of Uzbek origin.
India needs assist from Abdullah Abdullah, an in depth affiliate of Ahmed Shah Masood, to safe Indian interests from cross-border terror.
Calling India is a “strategic partner” of Afghanistan, Dr Abdullah has hailed Delhi saying it “has continuously supported the government and people of Afghanistan”.
During his five-day go to he’ll name on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs minister S Jaishankar and different high Indian officers. Chief of Defence Staff, Army Chief, Foreign Secretary and
different senior officers have been current through the assembly between the NSA & Dr Abdullah.
Dr Abdullah in a sequence of tweets forward of the go to mentioned, “Our historic relations with India is essential to us, & the position of India in establishing an enduring peace in Afghanistan and the area is important”.
He will likely be briefing Indian officers, through the go to concerning the peace course of and “need for regional consensus”, he tweeted.
This is his first go to New Delhi because the chief negotiator and chief of High Council for National Reconciliation.
His go to India, on the official invitation by the Indian Govt comes whilst final month noticed the start of intra Afghan talks in Doha between Afghan Govt and Taliban.
External Affairs minister S Jaishankar had joined the intra Afghan talks ceremony on September 12 nearly, with MEA Joint Secretary JP Singh visiting Doha for it.
Subsequently US particular envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad & Senior Afghan politician Abdul Rashid Dostum have been to India, signifying New Delhi’s position within the peace course of.
Source: The Economic Times
BDST: 1719 HRS, OCT 10, 2020
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