Taliban will take part in meeting of Moscow format in Afghanistan

Russia invited the representative of the Taliban movement to the upcoming meeting of the Moscow format for Afghanistan, said the deputy press secretary and assistant to the public relations of the Foreign Ministry of Taliban Hafiz Ziya Ahmad.

“Russian Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov, the day before, met with Foreign Minister Mavlavi Amir Khan Muttaki and presented information about the upcoming meeting of the Moscow format in Afghanistan, and also invited the Minister of Foreign Affairs to take part in this meeting,” Ahmad said on social networks.

Muttaki, in turn, thanked Russia for the invitation and added that the Moscow format plays an important role in creating consent in the region. The Minister clarified that the Taliban government participated in previous meetings in Moscow.