Muttaqi heads for Uzbekistan to take part in foreign ministers meeting

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that Amir Khan Muttaqi has left Kabul for Uzbekistan to participate in the meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries in Samarkand.

Hafiz Zia Ahmad, Deputy Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a tweet early Thursday that Muttaqi is expected to meet with the Foreign Ministers of regional countries on the sidelines of the Samarkand meeting.

The fourth meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries will be held Thursday in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

The foreign ministers of Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will attend this meeting.

The agenda of this meeting has not been announced yet, but in this context, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the steps taken by regional partners to facilitate the political settlement of Afghanistan and the stability of the humanitarian and socio-economic situation in this country will be discussed at the meeting of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries.