Tashkent ready to host Kabul-Taliban dialogue

KABUL.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev made the offer in his speech to participants of an international conference in Tashkent, according to Reuters.

“We stand ready to create all necessary conditions, at any stage of the peace process, to arrange on the territory of Uzbekistan direct talks between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban,” he was quoted as saying.

President Ashraf Ghani. EU Foreign Affairs chief Federica Mogherini and foreign ministers from Russia, China and Turkeyalso attended the conference.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the delegates also called for constructive dialogue between Kabul government and the Taliban for peace in Afghanistan.

Earlier in his speech, President Ashraf Ghani stressed the need for joint efforts to counter the menace of terror.Growing terrorism posed a serious threat to Afghanistan and other regional countries, he said.

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