US Special Envoy Thomas West says US will work closely with close partner India for a stable and peaceful Afghanistan.
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West has said the US will work with close partner India to address their “abundant shared interests in a stable and peaceful Afghanistan”.
The meeting today also comes as the Taliban has requested Pakistan to allow Indian trucks carrying 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat and other aid to travel to Afghanistan as the country is in urgent need of food and medicines. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan assured a Taliban delegation, led by Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, last week that he would allow access to Indian trucks carrying aid to Afghanistan “on exceptional basis”
He tweeted after his meeting in New Delhi with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, “A pleasure to meet with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary @harshvshringla, Joint Secretary JP Singh & others in New Delhi today. “We will work together with our close partner to address our abundant shared interests in a stable & peaceful Afghanistan.”
During the discussions on Tuesday, the two sides focused on the current developments in Afghanistan, the November 10 Regional Security Dialogue of NSAs on Afghanistan in New Delhi, the movement of people in and out of Afghanistan, coordinating global efforts on humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, regional security issues, and other bilateral and international issues of mutual interest, sources said.
West was in Moscow before he came to New Delhi, where he met the special representative Zamir Kabulov. “Met today in Moscow with Special Presidential Representative Kabulov and Security Council Deputy Secretary Venediktov. “Discussed shared interests in Afghanistan and need for Taliban to fulfill commitments to international community,” he tweeted.
The November 10 NSA-level talks hosted by India, called the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan, were attended by the security chiefs of Russia, Iran, and the five Central Asian countries. Both Pakistan and China declined to attend the Delhi talks.