5 hours agoDaciq says in Belgrade, organised negotiations between Taliban and Afghan government
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Serbia's Parliament Speaker, Ivica Dacic, told Pink TV that while he was foreign affairs minister, Belgrade organised three times peace negotiations between the authorities of Afghanistan and the Taliban. That these meetings were held, confirmed for the N1 medium by one of the negotiating organisers, and this medium posted exclusive photos [...]
Serbia's Parliament Speaker, Ivica Dacic, told Pink TV that while he was foreign affairs minister, Belgrade organised three times peace negotiations between the authorities of Afghanistan and the Taliban.
That these meetings were held, confirmed for the N1 medium by one of the negotiating organisers, and this medium posted exclusive photos from those negotiations/
Now that all of Afghanistan is in the hands of the Taliban, the former Serbian minister has decided to find out what is estimated that almost no one in Serbia knew.
I'm gonna say it here and I haven't talked anywhere about this until today, because we agreed to keep it secret”, Dacic said. And that secret was that representatives of the already fallen Afghan government and Taliban negotiated in Belgrade for the first time in 2019.
For N1, one of the peace negotiations organisers, the director of the East West Bridge organisation, Jovan Kovaciq, finds that he also obtained exclusive photos from these preparation meetings, the Kosovo Clan broadcasts.
We did not participate in the talks ourselves. It was neither our wish nor our purpose. It was a matter between them. We were just good guests to ensure them peace, quiet, all the benefits of negotiations, and that they lack nothing”, Kovacic said.
Belgrade was elected as a neutral territory, Kovacic says, adding that the negotiations were led by Karim Khalili, former deputy chairman of Afghanistan and then president of the High Peace Council. In addition, many representatives of the Taliban were present, who were to be removed from the black lists especially on that occasion so that they could travel.
For the first time, the commanders of about 20 provinces in Afghanistan talked to President Ashraf Ghan through Skype. They asked Kabul to help build infrastructure, schools, hospitals, electricity, water, and more. Ghan said he would handle their demands and that conversation lasted nearly two hours”, Kovacic added.
“Anyway, the fourth meeting never took place. The situation on the ground was no longer relatively calm, and negotiations officially started in Qatar, where the most important mediators were the United States. Peace was never achieved, but a few years later, Serbian officials could boast that they too tried to help”, writes Serbian media .n1info.com.
