China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan urged the leaders of the two countries to improve relations by establishing a crisis prevention management mechanism, Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
According a ministry’s statement, Wang said a three-way conference mechanism involving the two countries and China could promote dialogue and cooperation. ‘As Afghanistan and Pakistan’s mutual friend, China encourages them to establish a crisis prevention and management mechanism as soon as possible, to properly deal with any kind of sudden occurrence’, Wang said.
Meanwhile, China said it was optimistic of its role in reducing tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as result of Wang Yi’s visit to the two brotherly countries. Sources said here on Sunday that China was confident that the visit would prove effective in bringing Pakistan and Afghanistan on a same page in their crusade against terrorism that is a common enemy and both the countries are the victims.
China state-run news agency XINHUA quoting Wang Yi stated that tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan were not conducive to their stability and development as well as regional cooperation, calling on both countries to meet each other halfway so as to improve bilateral ties. He underlined the need that Pakistan and Afghanistan should send the international community a positive signal that the two sides were willing to restore mutual trust and conduct cooperation through bilateral channels.
Wang also said that China supported the two sides in seeking to establish a crisis managing mechanism as quickly as possible so as to properly deal with contingencies and to form a trilateral meeting system among foreign ministers of China, Afghanistan and Pakistan in order to enhance dialogue and cooperation in all areas.
The Chinese foreign minister highlighted that counter terrorism was an important content of bilateral relations and expressed thanks to the Pakistani side for its firm support for China’s fight against the violent terrorist group the “East Turkistan Islamic Movement.”
Wang also hailed Pakistan’s important contribution to the international counter terrorism cause as it was in the frontline of global fight against terror.