KABUL - Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz on Sunday visited Kabul to hold talks with Afghan leadership and assured that Pakistan would extend its full support and cooperation in holding intra-Afghan talks for peace and stability in Afghanistan.
During his day-long visit, Sartaj Aziz held talks with Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Zalmay Rasul. The two sides discussed ways to further promote bilateral relations and prospects for peace in Afghanistan.
Later addressing a press conference Sartaj Aziz said Pakistan was ready to help in holding of intra-Afghan talks for peace and stability in Afghanistan, if the Afghan leaders asked for it.
He said Pakistan has been trying to help jumpstart the peace process as a stable Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s own interest.
However, he said any peace talks must be Afghan-owned and Afghan-led. He said Pakistan would take every step to bring peace in Afghanistan.
Sartaj said Pakistan was again prepared to ease the movement of Taliban negotiators and release more Taliban detainees should the Afghan government request it. “I have brought a message of cordiality and goodwill for Afghanistan,” he told the news conference.
Sartaj, who was on his first-ever visit to Kabul soon after assuming the charge as Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security, said “PML-N government wants to expand relations with Afghanistan.”
He said his visit brought a message of peace and cooperation from Pakistan. He said Pakistan wanted to remove all barriers in the way of trade between both the countries. He said expansion in trade would bring prosperity for the people of two countries, besides improving the economy.
He said, “The main purpose of my visit is to convey a formal invitation from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to President Karzai to visit Pakistan.”
He said, “We wish Afghanistan a success for those two important milestones.” He reiterated Islamabad’s support for an ‘Afghan-led and Afghan-owned’ peace process with the Taliban.
“A peaceful, stable and united Afghanistan is in the vital interest of Pakistan,” he added.
“Without peace and security in Afghanistan, peace and security in Pakistan cannot be ensured.”
Sartaj denied backing Afghanistan’s breakup or planning to end the Afghan war with a power-sharing role for the Taliban.
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