KABUL, Japan and Uzbekistan.
The suggestion was floated by Japan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Katsuhito Takahashi during a telephone conversation with his Uzbek counterpart.
On Tuesday, Uzbekistan’s diplomat Ismatulla Irgashev held online talks with Takahashi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tashkent said.
The two sides discussed efforts by Uzbekistan and Japan for the peaceful settlement of the Afghan conflict and upcoming intra-Afghan talks.
The Japanese envoy applauded Uzbekistan’s policy of a negotiated end to long-running war . . .
