According to Russian sources, the Russian side will hold a multilateral conference on Afghanistan on November 16, which will focus on the military-political, socio-economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, while also coordinating all parties to strengthen regional security.
It is worth mentioning that the multilateral meeting organized by Russia to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, according to the list of invited guests disclosed so far, ranked first by China, in addition to India, Pakistan and Kazakhstan and other 9 countries, but the Taliban government was not mentioned above.
Although the Russian side said that it will maintain regular contact with Taliban representatives and convey to them the agenda of the meeting, the content of the meeting will be unreserved for the Taliban. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's explanation can still see Russia's attitude. Lavrov said: "We have not achieved the desired results. We do not believe that our colleagues in power in Kabul are moving fast enough in fulfilling the promises they have announced to the people. ”
The specific meaning of this statement is that some of the Taliban government's practices with regard to human rights in Afghanistan have not met Russia's expectations. So Lavrov called on the Taliban to ensure that they govern Afghanistan through a politically inclusive system and ease restrictions on women's work and educational opportunities.
The Taliban certainly complain about Russia's practice of meeting to discuss the Afghan issue without inviting representatives of the Taliban government. It's just that after all, the strength and international influence of the Taliban government are now there, and the anger of the Taliban is not enough to speak bravely, so the Taliban authorities can only break their teeth and swallow in their stomachs. But the Taliban Foreign Ministry issued a warning, saying that the Russian-hosted talks would be "incomplete" without Taliban representatives and that the Taliban's absence would have a negative impact on contacts.
The Taliban's unacerbious warning can hardly have any impact on the Russian side, and it is not difficult to see from Russia's attitude towards the Afghan issue that the image of the Taliban government in their eyes is not fundamentally different from that of Western countries led by the United States, as well as countries such as India. Putin's government does not welcome the Taliban government, and their strength and international influence are not enough for Russia to look up to them.
Not long ago, China took the initiative to show goodwill and was willing to give the Taliban government great preferential treatment on issues such as the Belt and Road Initiative and bilateral trade, which is probably unique among the world's major powers. Not only that, among Afghanistan's neighbors, China is probably the only one who is both powerful and friendly to the Taliban government.
Some people think that this unilateral release of goodwill seems to be a loss-making transaction, but in fact, in fact, we can not only quickly cultivate the Taliban government's goodwill towards China so that Chinese can go to Afghanistan as soon as possible to explore business opportunities, but also invisibly increase our voice on the Afghan issue. This time Russia has invited us to discuss Afghanistan, which is the best example of this.