Summit Surprise?
Larry Jagan THE eighth round of UN sponsored informal talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan, under the auspices of the UN Secretary General's special envoy Diego Cordovez, adjourned in Geneva on August 8. Cordovez, the UN Under Secretary and lawyer from Ecudaro, acts as a mediator between the Pakistan and Afghanistan foreign ministers as Islamabad does not recognise the legitimacy of the Kabul government. After four years of intermittent talks, a breakthrough appears near in the Afghanistan conflict.