BEIJING – China Tuesday said it supported the dialogue between all partiesin Afghanistan, including the Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban.
“China firmly supports the broad and inclusive peace and reconciliationprocess that is Afghan-led and Afghan-owned,” Chinese Foreign Ministry’sSpokesperson Geng Shuang said during a regular briefing here.
“We support dialogue between all parties in Afghanistan, including theAfghan government and the Afghan Taliban,” he added.
He said : “Chinese are ready on the basis of respecting the will of allparties in Afghanistan; provide facilitation and assistance to the peaceand reconciliation process, including intra-Afghan dialogue andnegotiation.”
When asked to confirm that if intra-Afghan talks are taking place inBeijing this week, he said, “We will keep you updated if there is anyinformation on this.”
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There were reports that the delegations of representing the Afghangovernment and Afghan Taliban, will take part in a dialogue, hosted by theChinese government in Beijing.
However, a Chinese official informed that the dialogue has been postponedfor a few days as both delegations could not reach by Monday.
