Moscow to host talks with China, Pakistan on Afghanistan

MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign ministry said on Monday Moscow will host a round of Russia-Pakistan-China talks on Afghanistan next month. 

According to Sputnik, Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s foreign ministry’s director of the Second Asian Department, said the aim of the talks will be to establish wider regional partnership regarding Afghanistan. 

Kabulov said it was in the regional stakeholders’ natural interests to protect themselves from terrorist spillover, noting that containment efforts should take form of an Afghan-regional project. “We are discussing this with the Chinese, Iranians, Indians and Pakistanis. “There is work on specifics... For example, we are planning the next Russian-Chinese-Pakistani consultations in December. They will be held in Moscow,” Kabulov said.