Overview

• Afghanistan is being formally welcomed into the Moscow Format for the first time, with acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi expected to attend.
• The Russian Foreign Ministry said a four-party meeting in Moscow prepared Tuesday’s session and worked on the final communique.
• Pakistan’s special representative Muhammad Sadiq Khan arrived to lead his delegation and held separate meetings with counterparts from Iran, China and Russia.
• The consultations are set to address counter-terrorism, drug trafficking, and Afghan refugee and humanitarian concerns.
• Pakistan plans to urge increased international aid and to demand an end to militant recruitment, weapons flows and financing from Afghan territory, as participants reiterate opposition to any foreign military bases in Afghanistan.