India and China to open Afghan chapter today

April 18, 2013 09:07

India and China would hold their first-ever dialogue on Afghanistan in Beijing on Thursday aiming to cooperate to deal with the impact of US troops' pullout from the war-torn country by 2014 amid fears of return of Taliban and Al Qaeda.

The dialogue between the two countries signifies China's interest in seeking convergence with India on the emerging grim situation in Afghanistan even as it held similar talks with Russia and its close ally Pakistan.

The meeting is taking place in the backdrop of talks between the National Security Advisors of India, China and Russia held in Moscow recently to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

China also held a trilateral meeting with Russia and Pakistan later.

From Indian side the talks will be led by Y K Sinha, Additional Secretary, Pakistan Afghanistan Iran, (PAI) of the External Affairs Ministry, and his counterparts in the Chinese Foreign Ministry, officials here told PTI.

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