India Participates in Moscow Meet on Afghanistan’s Future

India Participates in Moscow Meet on Afghanistan’s Future (भविष्य) 

India on February 15, 2017 participated in a conference organized to discuss Afghanistan’s future in Moscow along with 5 other nations. The six nations in the conference included Russia, India, Iran, Pakistan, China and Afghanistan.  The conference was led by Russian President Putin’s special envoy

on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov while India was represented by Gopal Baglay. .Earlier, Russia organized similar conference two months ago but only with China and Pakistan.  This was objected by India and Afghanistan as India has always believed in close and constructive cooperation for peace, stability, security and development in Afghanistan. Therefore Moscow agreed to expand its scope of conclave (निर्वाचिका सभा) and announced a six-nation conference including India. The conference held detailed discussion on the promotion of the national reconciliation (सुलह) process in Afghanistan and shared understanding of the need to step up the relevant efforts for a settlement in Afghanistan.