Meeting of SCO - Afghanistan Contact Group held in Bishkek

Bishkek, Apr. 19, 2019. / Kabar /. A meeting of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group is held in Bishkek as part of Kyrgyzstan’s chairmanship in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
The ministers of foreign affairs of Kyrgyzstan Chingiz Aidarbekov and Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani addressed the opening ceremony.
The sides discussed issues of the current situation in Afghanistan, the process of inter-Afghan reconciliation, as well as the development of cooperation of the SCO member states with Afghanistan and other issues.
One of the key issues of the meeting was the discussion of the draft roadmap for further actions by the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group.
The SCO - Afghanistan Contact Group was established in 2005, but its activities were suspended in 2009. The current meeting of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group is the third one, after resuming its activities in 2017. The previous meetings were held on Oct. 11, 2017 in the city of Moscow and on May 28, 2018 in the city of Beijing. In accordance with the established practice, the meeting is held at the level of deputy foreign ministers of the SCO member states and Afghanistan.