Russian Foreign Ministry Confirms Consultations On Afghanistan In Moscow Format Postponed

Umer Jamshaid Published August 27, 2018 | 08:54 PM

The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that consultations on Afghanistan, which were to be held in Moscow in early September, will be postponed.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 27th August, 2018) The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that consultations on Afghanistan, which were to be held in Moscow in early September, will be postponed.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani spoke by phone on Monday.

"[The sides] discussed urgent issues of bilateral interaction in issues of Afghan settlement, including the regular meeting of the Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan co-chaired by the two countries. The Afghan president, supporting in principle the idea of organizing a Moscow meeting, proposed to postpone it due to the need to work out a consolidated position of the Afghan side on the issue," the ministry said.

The sides agreed to "jointly work out a new date for the meeting through diplomatic channels," it said.