“China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit Kabul soon where he will meet Afghan officials to discuss ways to improve Afghanistan-Pakistan relations,” Tolo news reported.
According to the sources, Chinese foreign minister will work to discuss the possibility of setting up a meeting between Afghanistan, Pakistan, US and China.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s said, “It is the first time that China wants to be a mediator in Afghanistan’s peace process and soon the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Kabul. Peace with Pakistan was our demand and this must be solved between government and government,”
Ghani issued these remarks after the meeting with women’s rights activists who raised concerns about the security situation in the country.
The relation between Pakistan and Afghanistan worsened after a deadly blast in Kabul killed approximately 150 people on May 31.
According to the Afghan intelligence agency the Kabul blast was planned by Haqqani network in Pakistan. In response to the following allegations, Pakistan military commanders advised Afghanistan to look into their war-torn country due to recent increase in terrorist attacks.