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Credibility Assessment
Cites named experts Abdul Zahir Mudaber and Najib al-Rahman Shamol with direct quotes providing analysis on economic and diplomatic implications. Includes specific details on summit location in Moscow, participants like India, Pakistan, and China, and a prior meeting on 25 Saratan in Tianjin, China, from a single credible outlet.
A two-day summit of the heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Moscow. Although Afghanistan has been an observer member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization since 2012, a representative from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was once again not present at this regional summit.
The absence of a representative from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan at this summit comes at a time when experts on political and economic issues believe that participation in Shanghai Cooperation Organization summits could be important for Afghanistan in areas such as security, economy, transit, investment, and diplomatic relations. Abdul Zahir Mudaber, an expert on economic issues, said in this regard: "Afghanistan can play a worthy role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and especially serve as a very good transit line for the countries of Central Asia and South Asia."
The chairmanship of this two-day summit was held by the Prime Minister of Russia, and member countries of this organization, including India, Pakistan, and China, also participated in it. The main axes of this summit are said to be the increase in economic, commercial, investment, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation.
Although the special representative of Russia for Afghanistan had previously emphasized that representatives of Afghanistan would be invited to all summits hosted by Russia, the reason for the absence of a representative from the Islamic Emirate in this summit is not yet clear. Najib al-Rahman Shamol, an expert on international relations, says: "The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which is composed of major countries in the region and is influential in the political and economic relations of the region, holds regular summits and even discusses Afghanistan; but due to the lack of recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by most members of this organization, a representative from Afghanistan has not been invited."
This is while in a summit held on the 25th of Saratan of the current solar year in the city of Tianjin, China, the participants had also reviewed the developments in Afghanistan.
