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New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) India and five Central Asian countries on Thursday decided to establish a joint working group on Afghanistan at the senior officials’ level, Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West) Reenat Sandhu said.<\/p>\n
The first India-Central Asia Summit, hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in virtual format was attended by five presidents — Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbekistan’s Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Tajikistan’s Emomali Rahmon, Turkmenistan’s Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Kyrgyz Republic’s Sadyr Japarov.<\/p>\n
At the summit, Modi suggested preparing a roadmap for the next 30 years, Sandhu said.<\/p>\n
She said it was decided that leaders of India and Central Asian countries would hold a summit-level meeting every two years and the next summit was expected in 2024.<\/p>\n
At the meeting, the leaders agreed to continue close consultations on Afghanistan and decided to establish a joint working group on the country at the senior officials’ level, Sandhu said.<\/p>\n
She said that India and Central Asian countries are committed to combatting the menace of terrorism and drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
Joint counter-terrorism exercises will be held between India and interested Central Asian countries, Sandhu added.<\/p>\n
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