The third India-Central Asia Dialogue, held in India on 19 December, coincided with the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) hosted by Pakistan. However, in a show of increased coherence with India on regional challenges, the Foreign Ministers of the five Central Asian countries skipped the 17th Session of the Emergency Meeting of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad, and instead attended the dialogue in New Delhi. The foreign ministers opting to visit New Delhi instead of Islamabad reflected the increased convergence between Central Asia (CA) and India not only in new areas of cooperation, but also in dealing with Taliban.
India and Central Asia need more coherence on Afghanistan | ORF (orfonline.org)
