BEIJING – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says that the ShanghaiCooperation Organization (SCO) will form a contact group to help in apolitical settlement in Afghanistan to put an end to the long-lasted war.
He made the remarks in a meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart ChingizAidarbekov in Beijing on Thursday.
“We will make the SCO Afghanistan contact group to play a better role so wecan speed up the political settlement of Afghanistan internal issues,”said Wang.
His remarks come as efforts on Afghan peace have been accelerated whichinclude creation of a “national negotiating team” by Afghan government.Reports indicate that Taliban has also formed their negotiating team.
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A number of researchers at the at the Middle East Institute in Washingtonsaid reaching peace in Afghanistan without direct engagement of Afghans isdifficult.
Former Afghan envoy to Canada Omar Samad talking at the institute saidnothing will go ahead successfully until Afghans have discord amongthemselves.
