ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday said that the United States (US) and international community lauded Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace process, ARY News reported.
“Peaceful solution of Afghan conflict was not easy”, Qureshi said in his statement.
He said Pakistan facilitated Afghan peace process in every matter it could and added that convincing Afghan Taliban for table talks was not an easy job.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said both the US and Afghan Taliban are claiming to reach near an agreement. He urged the need of comprehensive dialogue for a political solution of decades long war-torn country.
Earlier on February 18, FM Qureshi had said that a stable and prosperous Afghanistan is vital for economic progress of the entire region.
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Talking to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, who called on him in Islamabad, Qureshi had said that peace in the war-torn country imperative for regional connectivity.
He maintained that Pakistan opened Torkham corridor to boost bilateral trade between the two countries and added that the corridor will remain open for 24-hours a day.
Both the leaders also discussed UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’s recent visit to Pakistan.
https://arynews.tv/en/shah-mehmood-qureshi-pakistan-role-afghan-peace-process/
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) has welcomed the announcement made by United States (US) and Taliban to agree on signing a peace deal for Afghanistan on February 29, ARY News reported on Friday.
The FO spokesperson in its statement said that Pakistan has consistently supported direct negotiations between the US and Taliban.
“From the outset, Pakistan has facilitated this process and contributed to its progress thus far. We look forward to the signing of the agreement on 29 February 2020,” the statement read.
“We believe the signing of the U.S.-Taliban agreement will pave the way for the next step of intra-Afghan negotiations. We hope the Afghan parties would now seize this historic opportunity and work out a comprehensive and inclusive political settlement for durable peace and stability in Afghanistan and the region.”
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The foreign office’s spokesperson once again reiterated: “Pakistan reaffirms its support for a peaceful, stable, united, democratic and prosperous Afghanistan, at peace with itself and with its neighbours.”
“We are also looking forward to the international community playing its part in reinforcing the efforts for the establishment of sustainable peace in Afghanistan and helping to create conditions inside Afghanistan to enable the return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to their homeland with dignity and honour.”
Earlier in the day, Afghan Taliban and United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have confirmed to hold successful dialogues leading to a peace deal for ending the decades-long war in Afghanistan.
Read: PM reaffirms Pakistan’s continued commitment to Afghan peace process
The peace deal is expected to be signed on February 29. However, both sides have put conditions for creating a suitable security situation prior to signing an accord to pull US troops out of Afghanistan. Both sides have also discussed the implementation of another condition for releasing prisoners, whereas, the political parties will envisage a strategy for initiating intra-Afghanistan talks.
Different countries and representative organisations will be invited in the accord signing ceremony.
Afghan Taliban spokesperson said that the withdrawal process of foreign troops will begin after the peace deal. He also announced a week-long partial truce across Afghanistan would kick off this weekend from February 22.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, “Upon a successful implementation of this understanding, signing of the US-Taliban agreement is expected to move forward.” He claimed that that negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government would “start soon thereafter”.
https://arynews.tv/en/foreign-office-afghanistan-peace-deal-taliban-us/
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