PM reiterates importance Pakistan attaches to a peaceful Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Thursday said Pakistan will continue to extend all possible facilitation to the Afghan peace and reconciliation process.

Talking to a delegation of Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) headed by Chairman Salahuddin Rabani here at the PM House, he reiterated the importance that Pakistan attaches to a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.

The prime minister said Pakistan has always supported a peaceful, stable and united Afghanistan and was playing a constructive and positive role to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process.

The visiting Afghan High Peace Council delegation thanked the prime minister for his efforts to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan.

Chairman HPC Salahuddin Rabbani briefed the prime minister regarding progress made in peace process till now.

Rabbani said the People of Afghanistan were eagerly waiting for the prime minister of Pakistan to visit Afghanistan, which would provide momentum to peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan.

The visiting Afghan delegation also included Secretary General HPC Masoom Stanekzai and Member HPC Asadullah Wafa.

During the meeting Interior Minister Ch. Nisar Ali Khan, Advisor to PM Sartaj Aziz, Special Assistant to PM Tariq Fatemi, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Muhammad Sadiq and Secretary to PM Javed Aslam were present.