The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Amir Khan Mottaki, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday on the sidelines of the seventh Moscow Format Summit to discuss Afghanistan.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the meeting will focus on strengthening bilateral cooperation between Kabul and Moscow.
The Moscow format meeting, chaired by Lavrov and held in private, includes senior representatives from Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, with Belarus invited as a guest.
According to the official statement, the main focus of the discussions at this meeting will be promoting national reconciliation in Afghanistan and expanding practical cooperation between regional countries and Kabul in the political, economic, and counterterrorism and drug-related fields. A joint statement will be issued at the end of the meeting.
