*BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying at a pressconference on Wednesday said that China will support intra-Afghan dialogue.*
Responding to a journalist’s question regarding the Taliban’s announcedparticipation in an upcoming Beijing-sponsored Afghan peace meeting,Chunying said: “China firmly supports the ‘Afghan-led, Afghan-owned,’ broadand inclusive process of peace and reconciliation.”
“We support the intra-Afghan dialogue between the Afghan government, theAfghan Taliban and other parties,” She said.
She added that China is ready to offer help to Afghanistan’s peace andreconciliation process based on China’s “respect for the will of allrelevant Afghan parties.”
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On Wednesday, Afghan government officials said that discussions wereunderway about the participation of the Afghan government in the Beijingintra-Afghan talks.
If an invitation is made by the Chinese, and the criteria are acceptable,the Afghan government will decide whether to attend the meeting, said NajiaAnwari, spokeswoman for the State Ministry on Peace Affairs.
