Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), in a statement issued after a Afghanistan, Russia and the United States of America (USA) in a trilateral meeting, stated “expect that an initial meeting between the negotiating teams must be held immediately to agree on agenda and next steps,” reports Tolo News on June 16. The trilateral meeting of Afghanistan, Russia and the USA was held via video tele-conference on June 15, with the participation of the Special Presidential Envoy of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, and Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister, Hanif Atmar.The three countries during the meeting reiterated their strong commitment to an Afghan-owned peace process and support for safeguarding Afghanistan’s achievements over the past 19 years.