PNN – A number of experts on Afghanistan’s international affairs say in connection with the third Doha meeting, which is scheduled to be held in about a month with the aim of examining Afghanistan’s issues, hosted by the United Nations and in the capital of Qatar: The distance between the caretaker government’s demands and what Westerners think about Afghanistan is large, and therefore there is not much optimism for this meeting.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network in Kabul; The third meeting of the special representatives of the countries in Afghanistan affairs, hosted by the United Nations, is scheduled to be held in Doha.
The second meeting of the United Nations regarding Afghanistan was held in February of last year with the presence of special representatives of 28 countries and without the presence of representatives of the caretaker government. The reason for the non-attendance of the Afghan representatives in the previous meeting was that the conditions and demands of Afghanistan were not met.
Now the question is, what were the results of the previous two meetings in Doha? Does the third Doha meeting meet the mutual demands of the international community and the caretaker government of Afghanistan to reach an understanding?
In this connection, a number of international affairs experts say that so far there has been no common ground between the caretaker government of Afghanistan and the West based on understanding.
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Dr. Akram Arefi, a university professor and an expert on international affairs, said in an interview: In the previous two meetings in Doha, efforts were made to create a consensus among the countries involved in Afghanistan, and also to harmonize the demands of the international community on Afghanistan, and to transfer these demands to the caretaker government of Afghanistan and force Afghanistan to accept these demands.
He added: In the second meeting of Doha, there were differences between the countries, and these differences made the distance between the countries, the United Nations and the caretaker government of Afghanistan more.
Arefi stated: “The distance between the demands of Afghanistan’s caretaker government and the international community is very far. The caretaker government is trying to adjust its domestic and foreign policies based on its religious beliefs and values, which they have fought for years, but the West wants something else.”
This expert on international affairs stated: contrary to the values ​​that the caretaker government of Afghanistan emphasizes; The United Nations and Western countries insist on other values, and for this reason, it seems unlikely that an understanding will be reached in the third Doha meeting.
Arefi pointed out: It is very difficult for two types of values, two types of beliefs and two types of views to reach a common point because the caretaker government has preserved traditional religious values ​​that have different perceptions of politics and relations with the international community.
He called the basic way to reach the minimum demands of the two sides and added: If the two sides do not abandon some of their demands, it will be difficult to reach an understanding. The parties must go through many issues.
This international affairs expert said: On the other hand, there is an alignment between the East and West blocs, where the East bloc, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, China, and Russia, are trying to pursue the issue within the framework of local and regional interests, which are based on security and economy, and to improve their relations with the caretaker government of each country. But this is something that the West does not want and this issue is another challenge for not reaching an understanding.