Despite the announcement of the withdrawal of the American army, the situation is slow to unblock in Afghanistan.
And the talks will still have to wait.
Turkey announced on Tuesday April 20 that the international conference on Afghanistan, previously scheduled for April 24 in Istanbul, had been postponed to mid-May.
"We have decided to postpone the" peace talks "until the celebrations of the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with HaberTurk television channel.
"We thought it would be useful to postpone" this conference after consultations with Doha and the United Nations (UN), added Cavusoglu.
"There is no need to hurry."
The postponement comes after the announcement last week by Joe Biden's government of a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, which prompted the intervention of the United States.
Taliban involvement pending
Turkey had announced that the peace conference on Afghanistan proposed by Washington was to take place in Istanbul between April 24 and May 4 in the presence of representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban.
This meeting was intended to relaunch the unprecedented direct peace negotiations opened in September.
Last week, the Taliban said they would not attend a summit on the future of Afghanistan until all foreign forces had left its territory.
Mr Cavusoglu stressed that the adjournment would give each party time to prepare their list of names, referring to a "lack of clarity" on conference participants.
Asked whether the Taliban would join the discussions, he replied: "Of course. Would this conference make sense without the presence of the Taliban?"
Pressure from the United States
Washington had previously pressed for this meeting, supervised by the UN, to take place before May 1, the deadline set for the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan, in accordance with the agreement signed in February 2020 in Doha with the United States. insurgents.
"There is no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan and only a political settlement and a complete ceasefire can bring security, stability and prosperity to the people of Afghanistan," said the spokesperson for the Department of Afghanistan. 'State Ned Price, before the announcement of the postponement of the conference.
According to him, the Istanbul conference "is part of this vast effort, of this vast commitment" towards a political settlement.
With AFP
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