Us Special Representative For Afghanistan Meets With Central Asian Diplomats In Astana
Date
7/28/2023 9:36:20 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) Special US Representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West, made a
visit to Astana to participate in a special C5+1 session on
Afghanistan, Azernews reports, citing Kabar.
Diplomats from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, and the USA discussed several issues related to
humanitarian assistance, human rights protection, international
cooperation with Afghanistan, as well as security and
counterterrorism measures.
Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Kazakhstan, Talgat Kaliev, emphasized the importance of a unified
and coordinated pragmatic approach to stabilizing the situation in
Afghanistan.
The US special envoy held a meeting with Kazakhstan's First
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kayrat Umarov. During the
meeting, the American side appreciated Kazakhstan's efforts in
providing assistance to the Afghan people and noted measures taken
to stabilize the social and economic situation.
Umarov highlighted that Kazakhstan supports the consolidation of
international efforts to assist Afghanistan and find ways to
address the complex humanitarian crisis.
In particular, attention was drawn to the initiative of
Kazakhstan's President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, regarding the
establishment of the UN Regional Center for Sustainable Development
in Almaty. This center aims to facilitate cooperation between
Central Asian countries and Afghanistan in the fields of
socio-economic and trade and investment development.
C5+1 is a regional diplomatic platform founded in 2015 for the
interaction of five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) with the USA
in areas of mutual interest, including trade and economics.
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