Chinese & UN Officials Discuss Situation in Afghanistan

China's Foreign Ministry announced that Yue Xiaoyong, the country’s special representative for Afghanistan, met Feridun Sinirlioglu, the UN Special Coordinator for Afghanistan.

In a statement, the Chinese foreign ministry stated that both sides exchanged views about Afghanistan during this meeting.

However, the statement which was published on Thursday, didn’t provide details of the talks between the two sides.

Before his trip to China, Sinirlioglu on a trip to Moscow met Sergei Vershinin, Russia's deputy foreign minister, and discussed preparing a report on Afghanistan.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry's statement, the report on Afghanistan should be prepared according to UN Security Council Resolution 2679 by November 17 of this year.

Vershinin urged that Sinirlioglu consider the positions of all the countries involved in Afghanistan's issues during the preparation of this report.

Russia and China are permanent members of the UN Security Council.