Pakistan’s foreign ministry has said that the quadrilateral meeting of regional countries on Afghanistan, hosted by Tehran, is important for security and stability in the region.
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a press conference on Friday that Asif Durrani, the country’s special representative for Afghanistan, will participate in the Tehran meeting.
She said that it is important for the regional countries, especially the neighbours of Afghanistan, to “consult and work together for ensuring peace, stability and security in Afghanistan, to ensure that Afghanistan is not a source of terrorism in the region and to support Afghanistan’s efforts for the economic well-being of its people.”
Regarding the attack on Chinese citizens in Bisham, Baloch said that despite handing over the evidence to the Afghan government, Islamabad has not yet received any positive response to cooperate in this regard.
The government of Pakistan has claimed that the attack on Chinese citizens had been planned in Afghanistan, and the perpetrator was an Afghan.
However, the Islamic Emirate has denied this claim.
The meeting of the regional contact group for Afghanistan with the participation of representatives of Russia, China, Pakistan and Iran is held today (Saturday) in Tehran.
Zakir Jalaly, Director of the Third Political Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, said on Saturday that the Islamic Emirate declined an invitation to a regional meeting that is scheduled to take place in Tehran.
He said that the Afghan government expects that meetings on Afghanistan should be held through the existing mechanisms, not new ones.
