Pakistan to continue facilitating Afghan peace process: FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday said Pakistan would continue to play its role and facilitate the Afghan peace process, ARY News reported.

“We firmly believe that a lasting peace can only be achieved if it is Afghan led and Afghan owned,” Shah Mehmood Qureshi wrote in a tweet in response to United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad’s tweet thanking Pakistan for efforts supporting the Afghan peace process and for re-affirming the understanding that ultimately Afghans, and Afghans alone, will determine their future.

Pakistan will continue to play it’s role and facilitate the peace process. We firmly believe that a lasting peace can only be achieved if it is Afghan led and Afghan owned. https://t.co/HgBW7p19C2

— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) April 6, 2019

On April 5, Khalilzad in a meeting with Qureshi had briefed him about progress in the Afghan peace process.

Khalilzad had also informed the foreign minister about recent meetings in Afghanistan and progress made in Doha peace talks.

Qureshi had said Pakistan wished well for the peace and stability in Afghanistan, which will directly benefit the country’s own vision for economic and human development.

The foreign minister had reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to the Afghan peace process. He had said that intra-Afghan dialogue was a vital component of the reconciliation process in the country.