United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
Khalilzad, who arrived in Pakistan a day ago as part of his four-nation tour, told Qureshi that the US leadership values Pakistan’s efforts for peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan.
Qureshi assured Khalilzad that Pakistan will continue its efforts to facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process to bring peace and stability to the region. “We have a shared responsibility to work towards bringing peace in Afghanistan,” the minister said.
The US envoy thanked the foreign minister for Islamabad’s role in facilitating talks between the US and the Taliban. A US-delegation comprising the representatives of the State Department and Defence and National Security Council also attended the meeting.
A day earlier, the US envoy had met with Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua at the Foreign Office and discussed progress on the Afghan peace process.
Published in Daily Times, January 19th 2019.
