Pakistan Shouldn’t Have Skipped The Moscow Meeting On Afghanistan
Andrew Korybko- While Islamabad has the right to hold that stance, it still shouldn’t have skipped the latest meeting for the following reasons.
The five disadvantageous outcomes of Pakistan’s decision were that: 1) Russia was left wondering why Pakistan conveyed its interest in this event during Kabulov’s trip to Islamabad only for it to not take part; 2) questions are now raised about the sincerity of its rapprochement with Moscow; 3) Islamabad also hinted that bilateral spats with Delhi will impede its participation in multilateral events; 4) its tensions with the Taliban were left unclarified; and 5) NSA Doval ended up stealing the show.
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