MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The extended Troika, which includes Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan, urges the Taliban Movement and the Afghan government to ensure that terrorist groups are unable to threaten other countries from the Afghan territory, according to a statement adopted at the Moscow conference on Afghanistan on Thursday.
The Troika also called on the Afghan government and the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation to engage in talks with the Taliban movement regarding a settlement to the conflict.
The negotiators urged the Taliban Movement and the Afghan government to “immediately” engage in discussions on fundamental issues to resolve conflict.
They also urged the warring parties in Afghanistan to reduce violence and create an environment for a political settlement to the conflict.
Moscow hosted a high-level meeting on Afghanistan on Thursday, marking a restart of global efforts to revitalise the Kabul-Taliban talks in Doha and setting the scene for a US-sponsored conference in Turkey.
The negotiations between the sides in the Afghan conflict intensified a year ago when the US and the Taliban signed a peace agreement in Doha in a bid to end the decades-long conflict. However, the talks have been slow in progressing.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
