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Pakistan will host elderly diplomats from the United States, China and Russia in Islamabad to bandy the situation in Afghanistan on Thursday.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and its National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf will president the’Troika Plus’ meeting.
The representative of the four countries will also meet Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, Dawn reported.
Muttaqi is set to arrive in Islamabad on Wednesday. It’s the first visit to Pakistan by an Afghan minister since the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August.
“Troika Plus at SRs ( special representatives position) will meet with Muttaqi,”the Pakistani functionary said.
The dialogue is taking place at a time when the Taliban is seeking transnational recognition. Still, the transnational community isn’t in hurry to give legality to the Taliban interim government unless they fulfil their pledges.
“Troika Plus has come an important forum for engagement with Afghan authorities. It’ll express support for an inclusive government, bandy ways to help a philanthropic extremity in Afghanistan as well as the protection of mortal rights, particularly women’s rights,”he said.
This is the first full-fledged meeting of the Troika Plus after the Taliban’s preemption of Afghanistan.
The last of this format was held in August in Doha, in which the US was represented by the former special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad.
Another meeting was convened by Russia in Moscow on October 19, but the US didn’t share citing”logistics”.
