Istanbul Conference On Afghan Peace Postponed: Turkey

Ankara, 21 April 2021 (Anadolu News)

A much-anticipated Istanbul conference for Afghan peace was postponed until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.

“We thought that it would be beneficial to postpone it … we consulted Qatar, the US and the UN, and decided to hold it after Ramadan and Eid festivities,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told Haberturk news channel in a televised interview.

The international conference, deemed important for the future of the war-torn country amid the withdrawal of foreign troops and escalating violence, was scheduled from April 24 until May 4 in the Turkish metropolis.

April 20, 2021 / Current Affairs

About the Author

M Ashraf Siddiqui

Editor and publisher Ashraf Siddiqui is a well known Qatar based journalist and a social worker. He has been in Arabian Gulf Peninsula over 4 decades and enjoys rich knowledge on Middle East affairs

Comments

Comments are closed.

Disclaimer: Asian Telegraph Qatar do not accept any responsibility for any comment posted on our website. Any comment does not necessarily represent the views of the Asian Telegraph Qatar, unless where specifically stated otherwise. We reserve the right to unpublish, or delete parts or the entirety of any comments that deemed to be non-conducive to the discussion.