US SPECIAL envoy Zalmay Khalilzad plans to attend a Thursday conference in Moscow on accelerating the Afghanistan peace process, the State Department said on Monday.
The decision by President Joe Biden’s administration to send Khalilzad to Moscow signals that the United States and Russia, which both favor the creation of an interim government, may cooperate on ending the strife in Afghanistan despite their deep disagreements on other issues.
The Moscow conference will “compliment all other international efforts to support the Afghanistan peace process and also reflects the international community’s concerns about progress to date,” deputy State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter told a news briefing.
The Taliban and the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have agreed to attend the conference. China and Pakistan also were invited.
The meeting is one of a series of international gatherings called to try to break an impasse in talks in Doha between the Taliban
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