Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan offer to host future rounds of Afghan peace talks

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan offered to hold future rounds of intra-Afghan peace talks as first round of negotiations between Afghanistan and Taliban took place on Saturday, September 12.

intra-Afghan peace talks are being held in Doha at moment since  Taliban has a political office in Qatar. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have offered to host future talks to provide a platform for ongoing peace talks that could end four deces of conflict in Afghanistan.

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Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov both dressed Afghan peace talks via video conference on Saturday. Kamilov said, "I would like to reaffirm Uzbekistan's reiness to host one of rounds of intra-Afghan talks in wonderful city of Samarkand”. Turkmen Foreign Minister Meredov during his dress stated that his country wholeheartedly supported peace process in Afghanistan and wished to “contribute to strengning of regional security and stability”.

Turkmen Foreign Ministry, in a press release, furr said that country has always vocated for all manner of disputes to be resolved “exclusively via diplomatic and political instruments”, and ded that Turkmenistan is willing to contribute to cause by hosting future peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban.

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intra-Afghan peace talks are being considered a diplomatic breakthrough that could potentially stabilise war-torn country after nearly four deces of conflict. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended talks in Qatar and, in a statement, said peace talks were a historic opportunity to end conflict in country as people of Afghanistan have ‘carried burden of war for too long’.

On February 29, Taliban and United States reached a landmark agreement wherein US vowed to reduce its troop strength in Afghanistan and Taliban and Afghan government agreed to swap prisoners. Taliban agreed to a concrete date for beginning of peace talks after last batch of 400 Taliban prisoners were released by Afghan government.

(With ANI Inputs)

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