Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday urged the international community torecognise the reality in Afghanistan.
The prime minister made these remarks at the 20th Shanghai CooperationOrganization Council of Heads of State (SCO-CHS) Summit in Tajikistan’scapital.
Imran said this should include enhanced engagement to address our commonconcerns, steps to provide humanitarian support and ensure economicstability and measures to enable Afghanistan to become a reliable partnerin peace and prosperity.
The prime minister also urged the international community to ensure thereis no renewed conflict in Afghanistan and the security situation isstabilised there. This is a moment to stand by the Afghan people firmly andunequivocally. He said there is a rare opportunity to finally end the 40years of war in Afghanistan and this moment should not be squandered.
Warning against the mischievous propaganda on the part of spoilers, ImranKhan said this will only serve to undermine the prospects for peace.
He said the Taliban must fulfill the pledges especially for an inclusivepolitical structure. He said it is important to ensure respect for therights of all Afghans, and that Afghanistan is never again a safe haven forterrorists.
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“Pakistan has an abiding interest in a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.Sustainable peace and stability in Afghanistan will also help us realizeour vision of an inter-connected, prosperous and economically vibrantregion,” he added.
The prime minister called for implementing the UN Security Councilresolutions for peaceful settlement of outstanding disputes. He saidunilateral and illegal measures to change the status of disputedterritories in violation of Security Council resolutions run counter tothis objective. He said such measures must be condemned and opposed firmlyfor being in violation of the SCO Charter and its well-establishedprinciples of inter-state relations.
As regards COVID-19, the Prime Minister stressed for strengtheningcollective endeavours to mitigate the adverse economic impact of thepandemic.
