India to share its vision on Afghanistan in emergency UNSC session it has convened
By Asianet Newsable English | First Published Aug 5, 2021, 8:56 PM ISTThanking India for taking a lead role on this matter as UNSC president, Afghanistan's envoy to India Farid Mamundzay said in a tweet that convening an emergency UN Security Council Session on Afghanistan is a positive development.
India will share its vision and perspectives on Afghanistan in United National Security Council debate, which will commence on Friday after Kabul proposed a discussion over the deteriorating situation in the country following the departure of the United States and its allied forces from the war-torn country and the advances being made by the Taliban in several provinces.
India, which holds the rotating presidency this month at the UNSC, said it is looking forward to productive deliberations on this important issue.
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Thanking India for taking a lead role on this matter as UNSC president, Afghanistan's envoy to India Farid Mamundzay said in a tweet that convening an emergency UN Security Council Session on Afghanistan is a positive development.
The international community and the UN have to play a greater role to stop the unfolding tragedy in Afghanistan due to violence and atrocities by terrorists, he said.
Addressing his weekly briefings, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that India's relations with Afghanistan are broad-based and cover various aspects, including a strong development partnership.
We are also strategic partners and are guided by Strategic Partnership Agreement signed in 2011, Bagchi said, adding that New Delhi has supported the Afghanistan government and the country's people in realizing their need for a peaceful, prosperous and democratic future where the interests of all sections of Afghan society, including women and minorities.
The Indian government is closely examining the evolving security situation, and we continue to call for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, he said.
We support an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled peace process, he added.
On Tuesday, Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar held a discussion with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar and proposed to have a discussion on the situation in his country at UNSC.
Afghanistan's foreign ministry, in a statement, said that the two leaders discussed the unprecedented increase in the Taliban's brutal attacks on Afghan civilians, which have resulted in the killing of scores of civilians and displacement of many thousands of others.
Meanwhile, the Russia-led "extended troika" that also includes the US, China and Pakistan -- will meet in Doha on August 11 for talks on the future of the war-ravaged country. In this talk, India has not been invited, a source said.
Earlier, the talks under such format were held on March 18 and April 30.
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