Moscow format participants urge restraint in Afghanistan-Pakistan border tensions
Quick Look
Participants in the Moscow format on Afghanistan have urged Kabul and Islamabad to avoid military escalation, offering to facilitate diplomatic solutions to the ongoing border tensions.
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Why It Matters
The Moscow format is a diplomatic platform focused on regional stability in Afghanistan. It involves various regional stakeholders discussing the security situation in the country.
MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. Participants in the Moscow format on Afghanistan have called on Kabul and Islamabad to refrain from military actions and expressed readiness to make efforts to find a solution to the conflict, Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said.
"The Moscow format wasn't established to settle conflicts between individual countries of this group. All parties without exception called on both sides to refrain from military action against one another, which primarily harms the civilian population, and expressed their readiness to assist and facilitate the search for political and diplomatic solutions," he said after the format’s meeting.
Open Questions
- What specific diplomatic mechanisms will be used to facilitate talks?
- How will Kabul and Islamabad respond to the call for restraint?
