- publish: 18 October 2021
- time: 8:49 pm
- category: Politics
- No: 19356
Iranian official: Iran attends Moscow talks on Afghanistan
Iran attends Moscow consultation format about Afghanistan scheduled for October 20 Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a press conference on Monday.
He added Iran representative will be present at Moscow talks on Afghanistan.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Moscow expected a delegation of the Taliban radical militant group (outlawed in Russia) to arrive in the Russian capital for consultations on Afghanistan next week.
Islamic Emirate foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi later announced on Twitter that the Taliban delegation at the Moscow talks would be led by deputy prime minister of the interim Afghan government Abdul Salam Hanafi.
The Moscow format platform emerged in 2017 on the basis of a six-party mechanism of consultations by special envoys from Russia, Afghanistan, India, Iran, China and Pakistan.