At the BRICS summit, which took place this evening under the leadership of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, participants called for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Afghanistan. “In order to ensure stability, civil peace, and law and order,” the leaders said in a statement released after the summit. the focus was still on Afghanistan, despite the summit theme of “cooperation for continuity, consolidation, and consensus”.
To that end, the summit’s “New Delhi Declaration” stressed the need to “address the humanitarian situation and to uphold human rights, including those of women and minorities”.
BRICs (Brazil/Russia/India/China/South Africa) reaffirm their “priority of fighting terrorist organisations, including the prevention of them using Afghan territory to carry out attacks against other countries” in their statement.
As part of their commitment to combating terrorism, they pledged to “fight cross-border movement of terrorists, and terror funding networks, as well as safe havens”.
As part of his remarks at the summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of possible dangers that an unstable Afghanistan could pose to its neighbours.
As such, Afghanistan should not become a “threat to its neighbouring countries, a source of drug trafficking or terrorism”. There is a right of self-determination for its citizens, and he said that they should exercise that right.
In addition, he made it clear who in his country was to blame for this crisis.
A new crisis has arisen as a result of the US and its allies’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, he said. “Global security is under threat, and the system of strategic stability has deteriorated in recent years. There are still unresolved regional conflicts “.
