Jaishankar to go to Tajikstan to attend SCO conferences; Afghan scenario to be mentioned

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will go to Tajikistan on July 13-14 to attend the SCO Council assembly of Foreign Ministers and the Contact Group on Afghanistan which can overview the worsening safety scenario in that nation amidst speedy return of American forces to the US.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are additionally anticipated to attend these conferences.
While Jaishankar is anticipated to carry bilateral talks with international ministers of some taking part nations on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meet, there was no official phrase on any bilateral interplay or pull apart with Pakistan or China.

Announcing Jaishankar’s go to, the exterior affairs ministry stated the international ministers’ convention may even assess the preparation for the upcoming assembly of SCO Council of Heads of States on September 16-17 in Dushanbe, and change views on present worldwide and regional points.
During the go to, the exterior affairs minister may even attend the assembly of the SCO Contact Group on Afghanistan on July 14. This assembly may even see the participation of the Afghanistan authorities, the MEA stated.
The SCO contact group assembly on Afghanistan assumes significance because it comes amidst rising world considerations over the Taliban fighters quickly seizing management of a lot of areas in Afghanistan, triggering big safety considerations.
There had been experiences {that a} sizeable variety of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists are additionally working within the Kandahar and Helmand provinces.
India has evacuated round 50 diplomats and safety personnel from its consulate in Kandahar in a army plane within the wake of intense combating between Afghan forces and Taliban militants.
Afghanistan has witnessed a collection of terror assaults in the previous couple of weeks because the US regarded to finish the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan by August-end, ending a virtually two-decade of its army presence within the war-ravaged nation.
India has been a significant stakeholder within the peace and stability of Afghanistan. It has already invested practically USD three billion in assist and reconstruction actions within the nation.
India has been supporting a nationwide peace and reconciliation course of which is Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled.
Jaishankar’s go to to Tajikistan comes on the invitation of Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, MEA stated, including that the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers assembly will focus on the achievements of the organisation because it celebrates the twentieth anniversary of its formation this 12 months.
The minister can also be anticipated to journey to Uzbekistan for a connectivity meet after the Tajikistan journey, sources stated.

The SCO, seen as a counterweight to NATO, is an eight-member financial and safety bloc and has emerged as one of many largest transregional worldwide organisations.
India and Pakistan turned its everlasting members in 2017.
The SCO was based at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.