First of all, the Armenian PM congratulated the session participants on the 20th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, stating that over the past years this Organization has developed as an important cooperation platform in the fields of regional security and partnership. Pashinyan also thanked the President of Tajikistan for the warm reception and the organization of today’s meeting.
“Our meeting is taking place in a period when the radical changes in Afghanistan have created an absolutely new situation in the country. Their nature significantly affects the developments not only in the country and the region, but also the further development of the situation around the globe. We are closely following the developments in and around Afghanistan”, the Armenian PM said.
He noted that the statements made at the preliminary stage about the wish to end the military operations, pardon the officials, create an inclusive coalition government, respect the rights of women in the Islamic legal system and eradicate the production of drugs in the country were accepted with optimism by the international community. “The implementation of such actions would have contributed to the establishment peace, discipline and stability in the country. However, we have to note that at this stage these intensions are not seen yet in the actions of the Taliban. We are confident that the guarantee to the long-term settlement of the situation in Afghanistan is the fair political process with the involvement of all Afghans and with the representation of all ethnic and religious communitie...
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