KABUL – Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar at a press conference inKabul said President Ashraf Ghani has agreed on major parts of a peace planoffered by him to the Afghan government.

He said only one issue has remained which needs the president’s agreement,referring to handover of safe zones to the Taliban as part of the peaceoffer to the group.

Hekmatyar said he did not offer handover of province or provinces to theTaliban as safe zones in his peace plan suggested to the Afghan government.

“I thank the president (Ashraf Ghani) that he agreed in major parts of ourdraft plan (for peace) and added it to government’s peace plan,” he said.“There is only one issue that I hope it should be agreed upon. This issueis also on the table of the president of America.”

He called on all political parties to come together and find a peacefulsolution for the current crisis in the country.

“Once again, we call on all political parties and influential figures tocome to find a peaceful solution for the current crisis, put aside theprevious bad and bloody experiences and prevent from its repeat,” Hekmatyarsaid.

Meanwhile, he called for a timely parliamentary election and called on thepeople to elect “honest representatives” for them.