Foreign Minister Wang Yi
of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani of the
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif of
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan held the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan
Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing, China on 26th December 2017, says a
press release received from Beijing here today. |
Afghanistan and Pakistan congratulated China on the successful
conclusion of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and
fully supported the initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping to
build community with a shared future for mankind. The three sides reaffirmed
their commitment to improving their relations, deepening mutually beneficial
cooperation, advancing connectivity under the Belt and Road Initiative, and
fighting terrorism in all its forms and manifestation without any distinction.
The three Foreign Ministers agreed to jointly work together on political mutual
trust and reconciliation, development cooperation and connectivity, security
cooperation and counter-terrorism as three topics of the trilateral
cooperation.
The
three sides reaffirmed that a broad-based and inclusive peace and
reconciliation process, which is "Afghan-led, Afghan-owned", and
fully supported regionally and internationally, is the most viable solution to
end the violence in Afghanistan. In this regard, they call on the Afghan
Taliban to join the peace process at an early date.
The
three sides agreed to conduct win-win trilateral economic cooperation, with an
incremental approach, starting from the easier initiative to the more difficult
ones. The three sides agreed to continue economic development cooperation in
areas of mutual interest, and expressed willingness to strengthen
people-to-people contacts. The three sides reiterated their firm resolve to
fight the menace of terrorism. They expressed their strong determination not to
allow any country, organization or individual to use their respective
territories for terrorist activities against any other countries. The three
sides agreed to strengthen counter-terrorism coordination and cooperation in an
effort to combat all terrorist organizations and individuals without any
discrimination. The three sides will communicate and consult on developing of
the Memorandum of Understanding on Counter-Terrorism Cooperation. The Afghan
and Pakistani sides thanked the Chinese side for the successful holding of the
1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue and its warm hospitality,
and three sides agreed that the 2nd China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign
Ministers' Dialogue will be held in Kabul in 2018.
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