EAM Jaishankar attends intra-Afghan talks in Doha, says 'peace process must be Afghan-led'

India on Saturday, September 12, attended intra-Afghan talks in Doha, where External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar joined-in virtually and a senior official participated in-person. While dressing conference on Afghan peace negotiations Jaishankar asserted that peace process must be Afghan-led, Afghan-owned, and Afghan-controlled.

“dressed conference on Afghan peace negotiations at Doha today. Conveyed that peace process must be Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled, respect national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Afghanistan, promote human rights and democracy, ensure interest of mirities, women, and vulnerable, effectively dress violence across country,” Jaishankar wrote in his tweet.

“ friendship of our people is a testimony to our history with Afghanistan. part of Afghanistan is untouched by our 400-plus development projects. Confident that this civilizational relationship will continue to grow,” Jaishankar ded.

He also said, "Our expectation is that soil of Afghanistan should never be used for any anti-India activities."

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Joint Secretary, Pakistan Afghanistan and Iran (PAI) division in ministry of external affairs, JP Singh is in Doha and has witnessed ceremony. Furrmore, India h attended signing of US-Taliban agreement on February 29 and during that time, Indian ambassor to Qatar P Kumaran h witnessed event.

Jaishankar meet Iranian counterpart Jav Zarif in Tehran

Earlier this week, Jaishankar h also visited Iran and h discussed situation in Afghanistan. He me visit two days after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his counterpart in Iran.  External Affairs Minister on Tuesday flown to Tehran and met Iranian Foreign Minister Jav Zarif and discussed Chabahar port project and situation in Afghanistan.

India will be present along around 30 countries at peace talk ceremony. All countries that border Afghanistan have been invited which include Iran, Pakistan, and many central Asian countries, according to media reports. India is Afghanistan's major development partner and has built number infrastructure projects in country like India Afghanistan friendship dam in western province of Herat and Afghan Parliament in capital Kabul. 

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