“Any future peace deal will be done through the Afghan government only”
Face to face with Tahir Qadiry, Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi.
Photo: IAR
Face to Face
“Doha process a failure for the US, they have been unable to force Taliban to a ceasefire’
The Taliban believes that such attacks will provide an opportunity for it to bargain from a position of greater strength and derive maximum concessions from the talks.
“Israel is a country in the region, in the Middle East, the State of Israel” : Bahraini FM
While recognizing Israel as a country and a state, the minister remained non-committal about diplomatic representation, without Israel’s peace agreement with the Palestinians
Photo: US Department of State
‘Russia does not provide any financial, political, or military assistance to the Taliban’
‘In Syria, with assistance from Russian Federation, this phenomenon of ISIL was demolished. We thought that after living in Syria these fighters will go to other countries, and we wanted to demolish there, not in Russia,”
“Madras, Calcutta were the cradle of Armenian Intellectual Activities”
Indians and Armenians were known to each other since at least the 4th century BC. In 149 BC two Indian princes migrated from Kanauj to Armenia where they set up a Hindu settlement
“The pot of violence in Afghanistan will keep boiling”
While the government’s stated policy is that we would support the govt or the interim govt of Afghanistan, I’m certain that at an informal level we have the ways and means to access some segments of Taliban
“The ball is in Pakistan’s court to deliver on India’s concerns over cross-border terrorism; taking the dialogue process further.”
India’s policy consistency and significant contribution in civil capacity building has made us popular across the politico-ethnic spectrum in Afghanistan.; this does not mean that we don’t have the channels open with the Taliban
Belt and Road Forum: the legitimate concerns in various countries along the BRI routes have finally found their way to the Chinese
China is gradually becoming a “European” power; apart from Washington and Moscow now Europe has another big foreign player in the region.
“Effective bilateral cooperation between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is an important factor for stability, security and sustainable development of the Central Asian region”
Photos: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kazakhstan
“Both Teheran and Washington are seeking to increase their influence in Iraq”
Face to Face with Haytham Mouzahem on the current situation in the Middle East
Photo: IAR