Islamabad:
The Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, plans to raise the key security concerns of Pakistan, including the use of Afghan land for prohibited TTP and the use of US weapons when he meets the leadership of Taliban Afghan on Saturday on an inaugural visit to Kabul.
On Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially confirmed that Dar would travel to Kabul on Saturday for the invitation of his Afghan counterpart. This will be the first visit of any Pakistani Foreign Minister to Kabul in 3 years and comes in the context of the renewed impulse to relieve tensions.
“At the invitation of the Affanes Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, will direct a high -level delegation to Kabul tomorrow (Saturday),” said the spokesman for the foreign office of the weekly news information session.
“During the visit of a day, it will resort to Afghan interim prime minister; he will meet with the Vice Prime Minister of the Economic Affairs of Afghan, and will hold conversations at the level of delegation with the Interim Foreign Minister,” said Shafqat Ali Khan to journalists.
He said that the conversations will cover the entire agenda of the Pak-FGHAN relationship, focusing on ways and means to deepen cooperation in all areas of mutual interests, including security, trade, connectivity and ties of people to people.
The Vice Prime Minister’s visit is a reflection of Pakistan’s commitment to improve sustained commitment to the fraternal country of Afghanistan.
When asked if Pakistan would raise the issue of terrorist sanctuaries during Dar’s visit, the spokesman said that all problems would be on the table.
“What I can say is that the question of sanctuaries and terrorism has been raised several times and we will continue raising. We want to find a friendly solution for this challenge,” he said.
There have been a lot of commitments between Pakistan and Afghanistan this week. While the Pakistani delegation led by Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq Khan traveled to Kabul, the Afghan side headed by his Minister of Commerce was in Islamabad.
During the meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee of Pakistan-Fanganistan (JCC), the Pakistani side felt that there was a change in the Afghan Taliban government approach to the TTP.
