EU plans to invite Afghan officials for migration talks

The European Union is planning to invite Afghan Taliban officials to Brussels for technical-level talks on migration and returns, a European Commission spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.

Speaking at the EU Commission's midday press conference in Brussels, spokesman Markus Lammert said the EU's Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME), together with the Swedish Ministry of Justice, had sent a letter to Afghanistan's "de facto authorities" to explore the possibility of holding a follow-up meeting in the Belgian capital.

“I can confirm that DG Home, together with the Swedish Ministry of Justice, has sent a letter to the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to ask about the availability for a meeting at technical level here in Brussels,” Lammert said.

The planned talks will follow a previous technical meeting held in Afghanistan in January, he added. Lammert said the contacts stem from an initiative launched by 20 EU member states and Schengen associated countries in October last year, when the governments asked the EU Commission to coordinate discussions with Afghan authorities on migrant returns.

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