Meanwhile, the situation in Afghanistan is also be set to be discussed at the United Nations Security Council meeting on 6 August. TS Tirumurti, India’s ambassador to the UN, had announced the meet on Friday and said that it will be held under Indian Presidency.
Farid Mamundzay, Afghan ambassador to India, described this as a positive development.
“Convening an emergency UN Security Council Session on Afghanistan is a positive development. UN & international community must play a greater role to stop the unfolding tragedy in Afghanistan due to violence & atrocities by terrorists. Thank you India for the lead role as UNSC President,” Mamundzay tweeted.
The decision of holding the UNSC meeting was taken a couple of days after Afghan’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar met his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar and discussed about convening an emergency session of the said meet to end the Taliban’s violence.
India is holding the post of UNSC presidency for August month.
Since the United…