China to attend Pakistan’s Troika Plus meet after skipping India's security dialogue on Afghanistan

After skipping a security dialogue hosted by India on the situation in the war-torn country, citing "scheduling reasons", China said on Wednesday that it will attend a meeting on Afghanistan convened by Pakistan.

China said on Wednesday that it will attend a meeting on Afghanistan convened by its all-weather ally Pakistan, after skipping a security dialogue hosted by India on the situation in the war-torn country, citing "scheduling reasons".

Pakistan will host senior diplomats from the US, China and Russia in Islamabad on Thursday to discuss the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan. The Troika Plus meeting will be attended by special representatives from all four countries, the Dawn newspaper reported.