MONITORING (SW) – The Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi during an official trip on Thursday.
Abdullah said in a series of tweets the two leaders took stock of the latest developments on the Afghan peace process, the talks in Doha and India’s support for the peace efforts. “HE PM (Narendra Modi) assured me of India’s continued support for the peace process, & Afghanistan. I thanked him & the people of India for the invitation, & generous hospitality. I also thanked India for its principled position on the #AfghanPeaceProcess”, he tweeted.
On Wednesday, he led an official delegation to hold talks with the Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. “He (Indian NSA Ajjit Doval) assured me of India’s full support for the peace efforts, & that any peace settlement acceptable to Afghans, will have the support of India. He further stated that his country is in favor an independent, democratic, sovereign & peaceful Afghanistan, where no terrorists can operate. I thanked India for the invitation, its continued support for Afghanistan, & its constructive role in peace efforts”, Abdullah tweeted.
Abdullah landed in New Delhi on his second leg of tour of regional capitals in connection with the peace parley.
Last week, Abdullah visited Islamabad to hold talks with the military and civilian leadership of Pakistan as Afghan government representatives and the Taliban continue to engage in agenda-setting talks in Doha, Qatar since Sep. 12 for the landmark Intra-Afghan peace talks.
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