Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) – Abdullah Abdullah met on the sidelines of Antalya Diplomacy Forum and exchanged views over Afghan Peace Process.
During the meeting, FM Qureshi reaffirmed Pakistan’s policy of maintaining the broad engagement with Afghan political leadership to forge deeper mutual understanding on the bilateral relations and the Afghan peace process.
the foreign minister also underscored Pakistan’s meaningful contribution to facilitate the direct talks between U.S and Taliban as well as the Afghan parties, and urged the Afghan leaders to expedite progress in Intra-Afghan Negotiations for lasting peace in Afghanistan.
It was now up to the Afghan leaders to seize the historic opportunity afforded by the Intra-Afghan Negotiations for an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive settlement, said FM Qureshi.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi also stressed that progress in the Afghan peace process was critical to reduce space for spoilers, who did not wish to see return of peace in the region. He underscored that negative statements and blame game only served to vitiate the environment and strengthen the hand of spoilers who wished to derail the peace process.
