India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai in January. The two sides discussed various issues pertaining to bilateral relations as well as regional developments. It was decided that India would consider engaging in development projects in the near future in addition to the ongoing humanitarian assistance programmes. India told the UN body that it has been working with various UN agencies for providing assistance to the Afghan people in areas of health, food security, education, sports and capacity building. UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, told the Council it is the responsibility of the de facto authorities to indicate whether they want Afghanistan to be reintegrated into the international system. She further said the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, as documented in the recent 1267 sanctions monitoring team report, demonstrate that the international community continues to have legitimate questions about theDe facto authorities’ ability to uphold their own guarantees that Afghanistan will not become a threat to other countries.