Dushanbe, 16 September 2021 (TDI): The Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Spokesperson of Foreign Minister of Iran Rasoul Mousavi, Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov met in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council Summit 2021 is going to be held.
Russia’s foreign ministry’s official Twitter account tweeted about the scheduled meeting already.
Sergey #Lavrov met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in #Dushanbe today 🇷🇺🇨🇳
Other Sergey Lavrov’s meetings, as planned:
🔸 meeting with Foreign Minister of Pakistan @SMQureshiPTI 🇷🇺🇵🇰
🔸 meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan 🇷🇺🇨🇳🇮🇷🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/CdNtxtFtio— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) September 16, 2021
The Foreign Minister of Russia briefed the media about the agenda of the meeting. He said that the occasion has a great significance because of developments in Afghanistan, “which is on everybody’s mind”.
Sergey Lavrov mentioned that there are many solutions proposed to settle the Afghanistan situation, for this reason, the Foreign Ministers of immediate neighbors of Afghanistan gathered to discuss the issue of Kabul.
He also stressed that the immediate neighbors of Kabul are the states who “can make a difference in the region” and provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Kabul. According to the Russian Foreign Minister, these states are meeting to curb the risks and challenges arising in the region and Kabul from the territory of Afghanistan. In the end, he hoped for the success of the meeting.
The Foreign Ministry of Iran tweeted, “At the meeting, the top diplomats supported the formation of an inclusive government with the participation of all ethnic groups in Afghanistan. An Afghanistan free of terrorism, free of drugs and free of threats against its neighbors was another topic on the agenda.”
At the meeting, the top diplomats supported the formation of an inclusive government with the participation of all ethnic groups in Afghanistan.
An Afghanistan free of terrorism, free of drugs and free of threats against its neighbors was another topic on the agenda.— Iran Foreign Ministry 🇮🇷 (@IRIMFA_EN) September 16, 2021
