Pakistan committed to Afghanistan peace process, says Bajwa

ISLAMABAD: Principal of the Military Team Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday re-emphasised Pakistan’s commitment to Afghanistan peace process.

He was talking to US Centcom Commander Gen Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., that contacted him at the General Headquarters.

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The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) quoted Gen Bajwa as having told Gen McKenzie that “Pakistan is devoted to initiatives for tranquility in Afghanistan as it is essential for peace in Pakistan”.

” Issues of common interest and regional safety scenario with specific reference to continuous Afghanistan settlement process were reviewed during the meeting,” stated the ISPR.

Gen McKenzie has actually appreciated of Pakistan’s role for peace in Afghanistan. Talking at the Middle East Institute on Feb 8, he had actually stated: “They’ve helped us somehow.” He had, nonetheless on that occasion, added: “We often wish they would do more.”

The Centcom leader thinks that Pakistan, as a result of its place, has a vital role in Afghanistan. “Location gives you specific truths you need to take care of. And also Pakistan is certainly one of those realities we’re going to need to deal with,” he had said at the Middle East Institute.

Centcom leader, Russian head of state’s agent convene with army chief

The ISPR claimed both commanders agreed on the need for a political resolution of the Afghan problem.

” Seeing very important people acknowledged Pakistan’s extensive initiatives in the battle versus terrorism and also ensuring regional stability,” the declaration included.

Centcom, meanwhile, stated in a declaration that closer coordination in a multilateral method to regional maritime security, especially in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, was also gone over.

” We are committed to discovering new areas for cooperation in order to preserve safety and security, stability and success within the area,” Gen McKenzie stated.

Meanwhile, Russian President’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov gotten in touch with Army Chief Gen Bajwa at the General Headquarters, according to the ISPR. “Throughout the conference issues of mutual interest, local safety and security circumstance especially developments in Afghan peace process were talked about,” it added.

Gen Bajwa claimed that tranquility in Afghanistan and also Pakistan was in the greater rate of interest of the region.

Mr Kabulov, the ISPR stated, applauded the duty being played by Pakistan for Afghan peace procedure.

Russian efforts
Pakistan on Friday shared support for Russian initiatives for peace and also settlement in Afghanistan.

” The foreign minister underscored the importance of local appointments and also appreciated the function of Four Celebration Talks in support of the Afghan tranquility procedure,” the Foreign Office said after Mr Kabulov’s conference with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

Mr Kabulov got on a day-long journey to Islamabad. His trip happened in the middle of reports that Moscow is preparing to assemble a conference involving China, Pakistan, Iran as well as the USA to mull over on how to give a fresh inspiration to intra-Afghan settlements that have made little progression because their start last September.

The talks in Doha are presently stalled due to the unpredictability produced by the Biden administration’s announcement that it was evaluating the agreement made with Taliban in February in 2014.

Russian foreign ministry’s agent Maria Zakharova, at a rundown in Moscow on Thursday, while stressing the requirement for substantive intra-Afghan talks, regretted that the dialogue had been bogged down in discussions on technical problems rather than taking up larger items like the future state system of governance in the nation and also sustainable ceasefire.

Moscow is additionally offering to hold the intra-Afghan talks in the future.

Mr Qureshi, during the conference with Mr Kabulov, noted the convergence of Pakistani as well as Russian placements on the reconciliation process.

The Russian unique envoy, according to Sputnik News Agency, recently condemned the US for breaching the contract with Taliban and also insisted that the anarchical group was “faultlessly” adhering to it as no American soldier has actually been eliminated since last February when the accord was authorized.

Ahmed Wali Massoud
The head of Afghanistan’s Massoud Structure, Ahmed Wali Massoud, who is going to Pakistan, fulfilled Foreign Minister Qureshi and talked about the Covering peace procedure and also Pak-Afghan connections.

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Mr Qureshi stated that Pakistan had no favourites in Afghanistan as well as its message to all sides was to work together constructively for tranquility as well as stability.

He valued the function of Massoud Foundation in social fields and also noted that it can play a fundamental part in promoting civil culture and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.