ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed Pakistan’s commitmentto strengthen the bilateral relationship with Afghanistan, including tradeand economic ties and people-to-people linkages, according to an officialstatement.
Talking to leader of Afghanistan’s Hezb-e-Wahdat-e Islami Ustad KarimKhalili in Islamabad on Tuesday, he underscored his longstanding positionthat there is no military solution to Afghan conflict and a negotiatedpolitical settlement is the only way forward.
The Afghan people have suffered gravely due to prolonged conflict in thecountry, the Pakistan premier said.
He reiterated Pakistan’s consistent support to the Afghan peace process,and underscored that the Intra-Afghan Negotiations process must be pursuedwith perseverance and patience for an inclusive and broad-based solution.
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The exchange of views covered progress in the Afghan peace process andbilateral relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
