New Delhi: Foreign Secretary HV Shringla informed that the UNSC chair for August adopted four resolutions but resolution on Afghanistan was “very important”.
“It called for an inclusive negotiated political settlement, demanded the Taliban to facilitate evacuation of those wanting to leave, ” He added.
India and the United States are closely watching Pakistan’s actions in Afghanistan, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said. The 2+2 dialogue between India and the United States would be held in November later this year, Foreign Secretary said.
In the limited engagement that India has had with the Taliban, the new Afghan rulers have indicated that they would be reasonable in addressing New Delhi’s concerns, the foreign secretary added.
“Obviously, like us, they’re also watching carefully and we have to watch Pakistan’s actions with a fine-tooth comb,” he told a group of Indian reporters.
The US will have a wait-and-watch policy with regard to how the situation evolves in Afghanistan. India also has a similar policy.
“That doesn’t mean you don’t do anything. It simply means that you have to the situation is very fluid on the ground, you have to allow it to see how it evolves. You have to see whether the assurances that have been made publicly are actually maintained on the ground, and how things work out,” he said.
“Our engagement with them (the Taliban) has been limited. It’s not that we have (had) a robust conversation. But for whatever conversation we’ve had so far, they’ve been sort of. At least, the Taliban seem to indicate that they will be reasonable in the way they handle this,” Shringla said.
“In our statement, we have said that we have told them that we want them to be cognisant of the fact that there should be no terrorism that emanates from their territory directed against us, or other countries; that we want them to be mindful of the status of women, minorities and so on so forth.
And, and I think they have, also, you know, made reassuring from their side,” he said.
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