Tag: Peace talks

Afghan Taliban prepare for peace talks with US

The Taliban are preparing to send a delegation for talks with US officials about ending the conflict in Afghanistan and the meeting could address a possible prisoner swap, two officials involved with the process said on Tuesday.

September 11, 2018

PM Modi doesn’t advocate peace talks: Musharraf

Former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf has said his country and India were on the path of reconciliation when he was in power but that was no longer the case because Prime Minister Narendra Modi "isn't an advocate of peace talks".

May 26, 2018

US rhetoric threatens North Korean peace talks

Despite a historic meeting between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un, a peace treaty between the two Koreas and the denuclearization of the North is threatened by the United States’ continued media blitz where it claims credit for bringing the North to the negotiating table. Senior members of Trump’s administration including National Security Advisor John Bolton, …

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May 7, 2018

Kabul accepted its offer to revive peace talks, says Pakistan

Pakistan’s prime minister says Afghanistan has accepted his offer to revive stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said war is not the solution to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan. His remarks today came a day after he visited Kabul and met with the Afghan leadership. Pakistan has praised …

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April 7, 2018

Initiate peace talks with Pakistan, Mehbooba Mufti urges PM Modi

Reiterating her concerns over the wellbeing of the people of her state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate peace talks with Pakistan. “The people of J-K are the ones paying the price of enmity and partition between our nation and Pakistan. Our people are being …

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March 19, 2018

EU hopes China will mediate with Taliban for talks

The European Union’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday hoped that “key player” China would mediate with the Taliban for acceptance of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s offer for unconditional peace talks. Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, Roland Kobia said the EU was not in contact with the Taliban and urged those countries that …

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March 14, 2018

For peace talks, Taliban must quit violence: US

The Taliban needs to support the Afghan constitution and abandon terror and violence if it wants peace talks with the US, the Pentagon has said. Pentagon’s Chief Spokesperson Dana White made the comment in reply to the Taliban’s call for direct talks to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Afghanistan. “The Taliban has …

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March 2, 2018

Afghanistan offers Taliban political recognition, peace talks

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani outlined a new peace map on Wednesday during an international meeting, which is aimed at finding negotiated settlement to the country’s lingering crisis. “The Afghan government offers peace talks to the Taliban without any preconditions,” Ghani told participants at the Kabul Process for Peace and Security Cooperation meeting, Xinhua reported. …

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February 28, 2018

Taliban doesn’t seem to be ready for peace talks: US

The Taliban as this point of time does not seem to be ready for peace talks, the Trump administration said on Wednesday, 28 February, asserting that any such talks have to be “Afghan-led and Afghan-owned”. In a way, the Trump administration, ruled out direct talks with the Taliban, which was being sought by the terrorist …

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February 28, 2018

US Vice President Mike Pence promotes peace with N Korea

US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday said that Washington was committed to peacefully resolving the challenge posed by the North Korean regime’s nuclear weapons programme, but did not rule out resorting to military force if necessary. Pence was addressing US troops at Yokota Air Base in Japan before departing for South Korea to attend …

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February 8, 2018

Syrian opposition boycotts Russian-hosted peace talks

 A number of Syrian opposition groups shunned the peace conference at the Black Sea resort of Sochi claiming that only the Syrian government’s flag was flying at the Russian-hosted event, according to Turkish officials. Turkey will instead represent the opposition groups at the conference sponsored by Russia, Iran and Turkey, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency …

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January 31, 2018

Syrian opposition to boycott Sochi peace talks

A committee representing the largest faction of Syria’s armed opposition has announced here in Austria that it would not participate in next week’s Syrian peace conference in Sochi, Russia. “The decision has been made to not go to Sochi,” a spokesperson for the opposition High Negotiations Committee told Efe on Friday following the conclusion of …

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January 27, 2018

Syrian peace talks in Geneva to continue till Dec 15

The UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has said he is planning to extend the ongoing UN-led Syrian peace talks till December 15. The new round of the talks, started on Tuesday, was originally scheduled to close on Friday (December). The UN official described the talks this week as “professional and serious” when …

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December 1, 2017

Mizoram Government holds peace talks with HPCD

Peace talks between Mizoram government and Hmar People’s Convention (Democratic) resumed today after five months, a senior state Home department official said. Additional Secretary in the Home department and leader of the five-member state government delegation Lalbiakzama said that the talks were held with mutual trust on both the sides. Lalbiakzama said that they were …

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September 21, 2017

Jaitley accuses Pakistan of spoiling atmosphere to have talks

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday accused Pakistan of thwarting the atmosphere necessary for dialogue with India, asserting that the Narendra Modi government has taken various major steps to ease the situation between the two neighbours, but Islamabad only responded with cross-border terrorism. Replying to a question on the issue at a press conference here, Jaitley said …

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June 1, 2017

UN Security Council hopes early Syrian peace talks

The UN Security Council on Friday welcomed the mediation efforts by the UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, to bring all warring Syrian parties to a negotiation table in order to end the Syrian crisis. "The members of the Security Council welcomed the conclusion of a further round of United Nations-facilitated intra-Syrian negotiations …

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March 11, 2017

4th round of peace talks with HPC(D) deferred

The fourth round of peace talks between Mizoram government and Hmar People's Convention(D), scheduled to be held during mid-February has been deferred, additional secretary to the state home department Lalbiakzama said on Saturday. Lalbiakzama said that the peace talks had made tremendous progress and was nearing conclusion with both the sides expressing optimism to find …

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February 18, 2017