*ISLAMABAD – **United States Embassy in Islamabad released statement overvisit of top envoy on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad.*
*The consolidation of peace in Afghanistan will require “reliableassurances” from Kabul and Islamabad that neither side’s territory is usedto threaten the other’s, the US Embassy in Pakistan said in a statementFriday.*
The statement by the US embassy came as US special envoy for AfghanistanZalmay Khalilzad completed his two-day visit to Islamabad.
The US special envoy held meetings with Prime Minister Imran Khan, ForeignMinister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar JavedBajwa.
Ambassador Khalilzad held discussions with Pakistani leadership ondevelopments in the Afghan peace process, according to the statement. Heoutlined the positive momentum in the Afghan peace process and next steps.
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They also discussed the role Pakistan has played in support of the processand “additional positive steps Pakistan can take”, it said.
“As Ambassador Khalilzad discussed in Afghanistan and Pakistan,consolidating peace will require reliable assurances from Afghanistan andPakistan that neither side’s territory is used to threaten the other’s,”the embassy said further in its statement.
“Such assurances on top of an intra-Afghan comprehensive peace agreementwill allow for increased regional economic integration, connectivity, anddevelopment.”
