SCO able to play active role in achieving peace in Afghanistan: Kazakh President

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is able to play an active role in achieving peace in Afghanistan, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Friday.


ANI | Almaty | Updated: 17-09-2021 13:30 IST | Created: 17-09-2021 13:30 IST
SCO able to play active role in achieving peace in Afghanistan: Kazakh President
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Photo credit: Reuters). Image Credit: ANI
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Almaty [Kazakhstan], September 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is able to play an active role in achieving peace in Afghanistan, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Friday.

"At this fateful historical moment, the multiethnic population of Afghanistan should not be left alone in the face of unprecedented difficulties. I believe that the SCO, with its enormous influence, can and should play an active role in achieving peace and harmony in this country," the president said at the meeting of the Council of the Heads of the SCO Member States.

Tokayev added that Kazakhstan offers to launch a humanitarian hub of the SCO in Almaty to deliver international aid to Afghanistan. (ANI/Sputnik)

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