Afghanistan, China, Pakistan FMs meet on Dec 26

KABUL trilateral Foreign Ministers’ dialogue to reduce tension Kabul and Islamabad will be held in Beijing on December 26, a media report said on Friday.

On the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani of Afghanistan and Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif of Pakistan will head delegations to attend the dialogue, Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced.

“As a common neighbour and friend of Afghanistan and Pakistan, China always supports Afghanistan and Pakistan to live in friendship achieving common development,” Hua Chunying said at a news briefing while responding to a question.

She hoped the trilateral meeting would hope reduce tension between the two countries.

In June this year, when Foreign Minister Wang Yi was visiting Afghanistan and Pakistan for shuttle diplomacy, the three countries agreed to establish the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ trilateral dialogue mechanism, which will serve as a platform for enhancing the dialogue and cooperation among the three countries.

Afghanistan envoy to the UN Mahmood Saikal hoped the trilateral meeting would have positive results.

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