New Delhi:
As the Taliban tends to make speedy advances across Afghanistan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has mentioned the activities of terrorist outfits remained a important issue of instability in the nation and named on all parties concerned to refrain from actions that could lead to unpredictable consequences.
The SCO also named for improved cooperation of all interested states and international organisations beneath the central coordinating part of the UN for the “stabilisation and development” of Afghanistan.
At a meeting in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe on Wednesday, the foreign ministers of India, China, Pakistan, Russia and other member nations of the eight-nation grouping carried out a detailed deliberation on the deteriorating safety predicament in Afghanistan as the US withdraws its forces from the nation.
The SCO also reaffirmed its position that there is no option to settling the conflict in Afghanistan by way of political dialogue and pitched for an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace method, a position that is comparable to that of India’s.
In a joint statement following the meeting, the SCO condemn the ongoing violence and terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and especially expressed concern more than the escalating concentration of many terrorist, separatist and extremist groups in the northern provinces of the nation.
“We condemn the ongoing violence and terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, whose victims are civilians and representatives of State authorities, and call for their early cessation. We note that the activity of international terrorist organizations remains a key factor of instability in that country,” the SCO mentioned.
The meeting of the foreign ministers took location beneath the framework of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group.
“We are deeply concerned by the growing tension in Afghanistan’s Northern Provinces caused by the increased concentration of various terrorist, separatist and extremist groups. We consider it important to step up joint efforts by SCO member states to counter terrorism, separatism and extremism,” the SCO mentioned.
The SCO also presented to help Afghanistan in becoming a nation absolutely free of terrorism, war and drugs.
“We urge all parties involved in the conflict in Afghanistan to refrain from the use of force and actions that could lead to destabilization and unpredictable consequences in areas along Afghanistan’s borders with SCO member states,” it mentioned.
“The SCO member states confirm their readiness to further develop cooperation with Afghanistan in combating security challenges and threats in the region, above all terrorism and drug-related crime in all their forms and manifestations, and to jointly confront ”double standards” in addressing these tasks,” according to the statement.
The SCO mentioned it respects the Afghan people’s autonomous selection of their personal path to development and was convinced that the intra-Afghan negotiation method will have to take into account the interests of all ethnic groups represented in the nation.
“We call for increased cooperation of all interested states and international organisations under the central coordinating role of the UN for the stabilization and development of this country,” it mentioned.
In his remarks at the meeting, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar mentioned that the future of Afghanistan can’t be its previous and the World is against seizure of energy by violence and force.
Afghanistan witnessed a series of terror attacks in the last couple of weeks as the US aimed to comprehensive the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan by August-finish, ending a practically two-decade of its military presence in the war-ravaged nation.
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