Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

China has on Saturday, pledged to help Pakistan and Afghanistan to overcome longstanding bridge division, as officials from these three nations had a meeting in a latest round of the diplomacy which aimed at opening the talks with Taliban to put an end to the Afghan war.

A close ally of the nation Pakistan, China has strengthened its ties with Kabul and is trying to influence to bring the two nations closer, at the time when the United States has tried to seek Pakistan’s help with Afghan peace talks.

State councilor Wang Yi, a Chinese government’s top diplomat, has met the foreign ministers of the nations – Pakistan and Afghanistan, in Kabul, to discuss the strategy and support the effort of Afghanistan for open talks with Taliban.

According to news reports, after the end of their meeting, Wang said, “China approves of this, and is willing to provide support and help for Pakistan and Afghanistan to improve their ties.”

The meeting, which is followed by the talks between these three nations held last year, is a clear sign of China of increasing its engagement in a region, where China has massively invested over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the central part of the Road initiatives and global belt.

The direct talks has collapsed in 2015 between the two – the Taliban and the Afghanistan government, and the Taliban has repeatedly avoided and rejected the direct peace talks meeting which was offered by Western-back government of Afghanistan, struggling to drive out an international forces.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has recently formed a team of 12 strong men in order to negotiate with Taliban, and has reiterated that any deal could take up to five years to be implemented clearly.

Wang said, “We support Afghanistan and Pakistan efforts for peace and we call on the Taliban to join the peace process,” with further saying that both of the countries have agreed in order to resolve the disputes with “friendly consultations”.

Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Islamabad is fully committed to peace and stability in Afghanistan. He said, “By blaming, no one moves ahead, we have to stop pointing fingers at each other that why I am here to build mutual political trusts and facilitate the peace process of Afghanistan.”

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