After Islamabad, Beijing to skip India's upcoming NSA meeting on Afghanistan

New Delhi, November 09: After Islamabad, Beijing has also decided to skip the crucial regional security meeting on Afghanistan being hosted by India on November 10. Beijing has cited "scheduling issues" to convey that it will not participate in NSA Meeting On Afghanistan.

 

India is set to host the NSA-level meeting - 'Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan' - on Wednesday to discuss a range of issues, including terrorism and radicalisation. The NSAs of nine countries, including Pakistan and China, have been invited for the dialogue on Afghanistan.

Yesterday, Beijing said that it would be unable to attend the meeting due to a 'scheduling issue' . However, Beijing has asserted that the country is open for dialogue with India on Afghanistan, multilaterally and bilaterally.

 

 

Earlier, Pakistan had also declined the invitation to the dialogue. Pakistan’s National Security Advisor, Moeed Yusuf, in response to a question on whether he would attend the event, said, "I will not go. I am not going. A spoiler cannot be a peacemaker. "

The high-level dialogue will review the security situation in the region arising from recent developments in Afghanistan. It will deliberate upon measures to address the relevant security challenges and support the people of Afghanistan in promoting peace, security, and stability.

 

The security officials are also expected to discuss the threat emerging from the military equipment and weapons left behind by the US forces in Afghanistan and the cross-border movement of people from the country. The talks aim to send a 'loud and clear message to Kabul and assert that whoever rules Afghanistan needs to represent the will of the people.

 

 

Meanwhile, Iran, Russia, and all five Central Asian countries, including Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, have confirmed their participation in the dialogue.

Iran will be represented by Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of, Supreme National Security Council, while Nikolai P Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council, will represent Russia. Kazakhstan will send Chairman of the National Security Committee Karim Massimov, while Marat Mukanovich Imankulov, Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, will represent Kyrgyzstan.

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Nasrullo Rahmatjon Mahmudzoda, Secretary, Security Council of Tajikistan and Charymyrat Kakalyyevvich Amavov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan on Security and Secretary, State Security Council will represent their respective countries.

The security officials are scheduled to jointly call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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