NEW DELHI: India and Russia will hold high-level intergovernmental debates on the situation in Afghanistan, the government announced on Tuesday. At the invitation of national security adviser Ajit Doval, his counterpart and the secretary of the security council of the Russian Federation, Nikolay Patrushev, will visit India for the September 7-8 meeting, the ministry said. of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
Doval is expected to underscore India’s concerns about the activities of Pakistan-based and India-oriented terrorist groups such as LeT and JeM in Afghanistan. India believes Moscow can play a key role in ensuring that Afghanistan is not used by these groups to target other countries in the region.
The consultations are a follow-up to the telephone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin on 24 August. The two leaders had then expressed the view that it was important for the two strategic partners to work together and instruct their senior officials to maintain contact with Afghanistan.
Patrushev is also expected to make a call to Prime Minister Modi and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during the visit.
Talks on Afghanistan will take place a day before the Brics summit, where Modi, Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to highlight Afghanistan-related concerns. The OCS summit next week is expected to focus primarily on Afghanistan.
Doval is expected to underscore India’s concerns about the activities of Pakistan-based and India-oriented terrorist groups such as LeT and JeM in Afghanistan. India believes Moscow can play a key role in ensuring that Afghanistan is not used by these groups to target other countries in the region.
The consultations are a follow-up to the telephone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin on 24 August. The two leaders had then expressed the view that it was important for the two strategic partners to work together and instruct their senior officials to maintain contact with Afghanistan.
Patrushev is also expected to make a call to Prime Minister Modi and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during the visit.
Talks on Afghanistan will take place a day before the Brics summit, where Modi, Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to highlight Afghanistan-related concerns. The OCS summit next week is expected to focus primarily on Afghanistan.