KABUL – Afghanistan endgame peace plan faces yet another setback as thecrucial intra Afghan meeting in China is likely to be cancelled yet again.
Amid reports of disagreements over the list of the participants for theBeijing peace meeting on Afghanistan, the Afghan Ministry of ForeignAffairs on Sunday said that it expects the plan for such a meeting to beimplemented in the near future.
When asked whether the meeting was cancelled, Geran Hewad, a spokesman forthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Kabul was not aware of suchreports, TOLO News has reported.
“So far, we have not received any official conversation from the Chinesegovernment that this meeting will not be held, and it was a proposal by theChinese government to host this process for the intra-Afghan dialogue, sowe are awaiting them to implement their proposal,” said Hewad.
Meanwhile, Mujiburrahman Rahimi, a spokesman for Chief Executive AbdullahAbdullah, said that at this stage the Afghan people are focusing more onthe outcome of the elections rather than the peace process.
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“So far no practical measure has been taken regarding any seriousintra-Afghan negotiation. You are well aware that the main focus of thegovernment and the people of Afghanistan is on the election rather than thepeace,” said Rahimi.
Nevertheless, lawmakers in Afghanistan’s parliament have said that the roleof the Afghan government in any peace process is critical.
