ISLAMABAD: Premier Imran Khan said he hopes a peace deal is signed at the earliest between the US and the Afghan Taliban, which he believes will pave the way for an intra-Afghan dialogue that can work out a settlement for sustained peace and stability in Afghanistan.
This was stated by Prime Minister in meeting with US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. The details of the meeting were issued on Tuesday in a series of tweets by the Prime Minister’s Office
During the meeting, Khalilzad briefed the PM on the latest developments in the ongoing Afghan peace and reconciliation process. PM Imran reiterated Pakistan’s “commitment to a peaceful, stable and democratic Afghanistan”.
“Pakistan welcomes the recent progress in peace talks between the US and Taliban,” PM Imran told the US envoy.
The premier reminded Khalilzad that Islamabad had facilitated the Afghan peace and reconciliation process as it genuinely believed that, after Afghanistan, Pakistan stood to benefit the most from peace and stability in the neighbouring country.
PM Imran also emphasised that the formalisation of a peace deal was “essential” for the repatriation of the millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
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