ISLAMABAD: The Ambassador of Afghanistan in Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal called on National Security Adviser Lt General (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua on Wednesday to exchange views on bilateral relations and ongoing efforts for peace and stability in the region.
The NSA received the envoy with great warmth and cordiality.
Ambassador Zakhilwal briefed NSA on today’s international peace conference in Kabul. He informed that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had given a message of peace and reconciliation to Taliban, together with a message of closer engagement and cordial relations with Pakistan, with a view to promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the region.
He hoped that being the closest neighbour of Afghanistan, Islamabad would make its due contribution to the process which would help both the countries.
NSA told that Pakistan wanted an early closure to the internecine bloodshed in brotherly Afghanistan.
“Peace in Afghanistan was essential for peace in Pakistan,” he said. Pakistan believed in a vision of common and shared future with the people of Afghanistan, and that is why Pakistan had all along supported efforts for political reconciliation under international and regional peace initiatives.”
He added that Islamabad welcomes Afghan president’s offer of seeking peace through dialogue and understanding, and would do its best to facilitate the realisation of this noble initiative.
The two agreed to seize this moment collectively and to maintain their contacts in pursuit of the common objective.
