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The summits, meetings, and military interventions of recent years have not translated into sustained influence. Instead, they have highlighted Moscow’s declining diplomatic presence and the challenges it faces in maintaining its regional ambitions amid the tumult of regional and global conflicts.

Additional International Developments

In other regional news, Afghanistan’s Taliban and Pakistan have agreed on a short ceasefire amid ongoing border clashes. Both sides blame each other for escalating violence with no independent verification of the claims of casualties, highlighting the fragile and unpredictable frontier conflict that continues to destabilize South-Central Asia.