India To Attend Moscow Format Meet On Afghanistan On Oct 20
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This will be the first Moscow format dialogue since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August.
India has got an invite for the Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan on October 20 and it will participate in the deliberations, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
This will be the first Moscow format dialogue since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August.
While India had its first formal contact with the Taliban in Doha on August 31, the Moscow Format is likely to be the first formal contact between New Delhi and the Taliban government after an interim Cabinet was announced by them.
Asked about the meeting, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "We have received an invitation for the Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan on October 20. We will be participating in it."
