Ghani to visit India on Tuesday

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is expected to visit India on Tuesday amid reports US Secretary of State of Rex Tillerson is also visiting the country as part of his visit to South Asia, Khaama Press reported.

According to the local media reports, President Ghani will arrive in New Delhi on a one-day state visit to meet with the Indian officials.

He is expected to hold talks with his Indian counterpart President Ram Nath Kovind and will have separate meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Foreign Minister of India Sushma Swaraj.

This is the first time Ghani and Tillerson are visiting India after the announcement of the new US policy for South Asia.

US President Donald Trump announced the new strategy of Washington late in August this year, reiterating Washington’s stance to continue suppressing the terror groups.

He also criticized Pakistan for allowing the terror groups to use its soil and insisted that continued support to terror groups will not be tolerable.

However, the US Secretary of Defense as well as the other US officials said Washington will once again try to attract the cooperation of Islamabad in implementing the new US strategy for the region.

The officials also added that President Trump is prepared to take whatever steps necessary if Washington fails to work with Pakistan.

Source: MENA