Ahead of SCO Jaishankar meets Tajikistan’s President, discusses Afghan situation

Jaishankar is in the Tajik capital to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

NewsBharati    17-Sep-2021
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Dushanbe, September 17: Ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar met the Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and exchanged views on recent developments in Afghanistan and their impact on regional security.
 
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Batting for the country's fight against terrorism and radicalism, the EAM affirmed India- Tajikstan partnership in combatting 'fundamentalism. He said that India and Tajikistan are strong partners in fighting terrorism, fundamentalism, and radicalism.
 
“Thank Tajik President Emomali Rahmon for receiving me. Conveyed greetings of PM Modi. Exchanged views on recent developments in Afghanistan and their impact on regional security, Jaishankar tweeted.
 
 
 
Apart from his Tajik counterpart, Jaishankar also met his Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbaev and the two leaders agreed to strengthen traditional cooperation on regional and multilateral issues. Jaishankar is also likely to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Russia and Iran among others.
 
Jaishankar is in the Tajik capital to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) which is scheduled held on 17 September. Jaishankar will attend a meeting on Afghanistan with the heads of state of SCO and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to virtually participate in the annual SCO summit on September 17 that is expected to deliberate extensively on the developments in Afghanistan as well as the overall regional security scenario.
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