US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Daniel Feldman praised Pakistan’s role for peace and stability in Afghanistan, ISPR said on Tuesday.
Feldman called on Army Chief General Raheel Sharif at the GHQ.
Pakistan had signalled its willingness to support the process of reconciliation in Afghanistan as reports swirled about the Afghan Taliban negotiators opening dialogue with US officials in the Qatari capital of Doha.
“Pakistan in all sincerity will support the process … [of] reconciliation between the Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban … as peace in Afghanistan will contribute to peace in the region,” ISPR said in a rare statement on the prospects of peace in the neighbouring country.
“Pakistan has always supported such a process, and re-emphasised it to be absolutely transparent, Afghan-owned and Afghan-led. We hope that all stakeholders will continue to act with responsibility not to allow detractors of peace to succeed,” the ISPR statement said. “The onus for negotiations to succeed lies on both parties concerned.”
