The Heart of Asia conference in Amritsar, Punjab has begun on Sunday (today) as leaders from 40 countries gather to attend the annual event. Issues concerning the region including terrorism threat, security scenario and extremism was discussed on Saturday by senior officials of all 14 member countries and representatives of 17 supporting nations.
The two-day conference’s major focus is on helping Afghanistan during its transition phase by finalising a counter-terror framework and working on ways to bring back peace to the war-torn country.
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Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz is representing Pakistan in the conference.
The conference is being attended by forty Foreign Ministers and dignitaries of fourteen countries.
Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Advisor Sartaj Aziz says the peaceful resolution to all the longstanding issues is the only way forward for regional cooperation and connectivity.
Addressing Heart of Asia Conference in Amritsar on Sunday, he stressed the need for evolving a joint and purposeful strategy for lasting peace in Afghanistan.
The Adviser said Pakistan is ready to extend every kind of cooperation for lasting peace in Afghanistan. He said Afghanistan should avoid levelling false and baseless accusations on Pakistan.
He said Pakistan had laid down the foundations of Heart of Asia Conference with the collaboration of Turkey some six years ago.
Addressing the Heart of Asia Conference, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said peace in Afghanistan is imperative for peace and stability in the region.
He said the entire region is facing the challenge of terrorism which needs to be overcome by joint efforts.
Addressing the Conference, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called for joint efforts to fight terrorism in the region.
He said they are focusing on durable peace and stability in Afghanistan.
The Afghan President said efforts are being made for the capacity building of Afghan institutions.
He thanked world leaders for paying attention to the Afghan issue.
Ashraf Ghani welcomed Pakistan’s assistance of worth five hundred million dollars for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Sartaj Aziz held a meeting with Indian Security Adviser Ajit Doval in Amritsar on Sunday.
During the meeting, matters pertaining to bilateral interest came under discussion.
Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz also held a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of Heart of Asia Conference in Amritsar on Sunday morning.
Matters pertaining to durable peace and stability in Afghanistan were discussed during the meeting.
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Sartaz Aziz to stop telling lies. Pakistan has to do something about its support to terrorism or else it will face total social boyocott.
What about the INDIA AFGHANISTAN joint sponsored terrorism in Pakistan?
Why Afghanistan is hasitating to install the border fence across the border to minimise the movement of Terrorists? Why Afghanistan give hidden space to Molvi Fazlullah?
Pakistan has also alot of reservations.
We should encourage this kind of sittings to find out solutions not convert these meeting into allience against a single country or nation.
Sartaj Aziz has character flaws and one such flaw is lack of character. He spoke like an Indian. No wonder Nawaz has picked him as “musheer”. Pakistan was humiliated and the onus lies on Nawaz and this old man who lost his dignity at this late age. My head hangs,in shame for mistakes of these two.
Time to face the truth.
All kind of terrorists outfits are living free in Pakistan.
Pakistan has to decide, which way it want to go.
In the communitiy of countries there is no place for Terror sponsering Nation.
The most interesting part of the Conference was that India’s pettiness as a nation-state was on full display. And the way Pakistan’s foreign minister, Sartaj Aziz, allowed himself to be treated to the embarrassment of Pakistani nation shows as if our political establishment wanted to embrace this national humiliation to strengthen the India’s aggressive posture assumed by Narendra Modi. Read more at: https://passivevoices.com/2016/12/05/who-is-respo…
it is your becoming and not anyone else doing! you let the terrorist roam free in your country, you continue the terror activities across the border you refuse to acknowledge the fact that your bloody army and the ISI are running your foreign policy vis a vis India and Afghanistan. They undermine sincere efforts by neighbors to bring peace. You think the world at large is stupid? Soon your bloody 'all weather friend' will also be against you as the rest if you don't grow up!
i thought you were
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