BEIJING – China has declined to attend the regional security dialogue onAfghanistan to be hosted by India later this month.
Addressing a regular press briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry SpokespersonWang Wenbin said it was inconvenient for China to attend the meeting due tosome scheduling reasons.
India is going to host the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistanon November 10 which will be chaired by Indian National Security Adviser(NSA) Ajit Doval.
Indian media reported that seven countries had confirmed theiravailability. The countries include Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic,Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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Earlier this month, Pakistan NSA Moeed Yusuf rejected an India invitationto the summit. He told media that a spoiler cannot be a peacemaker.
NSA categorically stated, “I will not visit New Delhi for the meeting”.
