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No Top Afghan Representation at ECO Summit in Pakistan

Afghanistan has refused to send high-level representatives to the Economic Cooperation Organization’s (ECO) summit being hosted by Pakistan as tensions between the two countries over terror sanctuaries remain unsolved.
 
Neither President Ashraf Ghani nor CEO Abdullah Abdullalh are attending the event at the two-day ECO summit hosted by Pakistan.
 
It was expected that one of the leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG) or Salahuddin Rabbani, acting foreign minister, would participate at the meeting but the recent tensions between the two countries have resulted in none of the top NUG leader participating at the summit.
                                                                                                                         
Instead, Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan, Omar Zakhilwal is to attend Tuesday’s meeting.
 
Heads of state or government of all other countries, have confirmed their participation in the summit. Uzbekistan’s deputy prime minister will attend the event.
 
The tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have increased since a deadly suicide attack in a Sufi shrine in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh that killed 75 people. After the attack, Pakistan closed the Torkham border post. It claimed that the attack on the shrine was planned in Afghanistan.
 
Later Pakistan started missile attacks on the Afghan provinces of Kunar and Nuristan, leaving hundreds of families homeless.
 
Over the weekend, Pakistan’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj said that Pakistan and Afghanistan were negotiating a joint mechanism for dealing with concerns over terrorism. He expressed the hope that progress would take place on the sidelines of the summit.
 
The ECO summit is aiming at promoting connectivity and cooperation in energy, infrastructure, transport and trade sectors. Islamabad declaration, which would be adopted at the end of the summit, Aizaz said, would underscore the significance of more connectivity and cooperation for the benefit of people of the region.

No Top Afghan Representation at ECO Summit in Pakistan

Neither President Ashraf Ghani nor CEO Abdullah Abdullalh are attending the event at the two-day ECO summit hosted by Pakistan.

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Afghanistan has refused to send high-level representatives to the Economic Cooperation Organization’s (ECO) summit being hosted by Pakistan as tensions between the two countries over terror sanctuaries remain unsolved.
 
Neither President Ashraf Ghani nor CEO Abdullah Abdullalh are attending the event at the two-day ECO summit hosted by Pakistan.
 
It was expected that one of the leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG) or Salahuddin Rabbani, acting foreign minister, would participate at the meeting but the recent tensions between the two countries have resulted in none of the top NUG leader participating at the summit.
                                                                                                                         
Instead, Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan, Omar Zakhilwal is to attend Tuesday’s meeting.
 
Heads of state or government of all other countries, have confirmed their participation in the summit. Uzbekistan’s deputy prime minister will attend the event.
 
The tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have increased since a deadly suicide attack in a Sufi shrine in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh that killed 75 people. After the attack, Pakistan closed the Torkham border post. It claimed that the attack on the shrine was planned in Afghanistan.
 
Later Pakistan started missile attacks on the Afghan provinces of Kunar and Nuristan, leaving hundreds of families homeless.
 
Over the weekend, Pakistan’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj said that Pakistan and Afghanistan were negotiating a joint mechanism for dealing with concerns over terrorism. He expressed the hope that progress would take place on the sidelines of the summit.
 
The ECO summit is aiming at promoting connectivity and cooperation in energy, infrastructure, transport and trade sectors. Islamabad declaration, which would be adopted at the end of the summit, Aizaz said, would underscore the significance of more connectivity and cooperation for the benefit of people of the region.

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