KABUL – A high-level Pakistan delegation has reached Afghanistan to holdtalks on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity(APAPPS).
The Pakistani delegation is headed by Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua andcomprises senior civil and military officials, including Director GeneralMilitary Operations Maj Gen Shamshad Mirza.
The arrival of the delegation was confirmed by Ministry of Foreign AffairsSpokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal on Twitter.
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi is expected to visit Kabul on April 6,the Foreign Office (FO) confirmed on Sunday.
On March 17-18, Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) NasserJanjua met Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive DrAbdullah Abdullah in separate meetings during his trip to Kabul.
During the trip, Ghani invited Pakistan’s prime minister to “initiate stateto state comprehensive dialogue”.
In February, an Afghan delegation led by Afghan Deputy Foreign MinisterHekmat Khalil Karzai had come to Islamabad to hold the second meeting forAPAPPS.
The second meeting of the Pakistan and Afghanistan joint working groupfocused on ensuring comprehensive engagement for countering terrorism,refugee repatriation, intelligence sharing, economic development throughtrade and transit interaction, reduction of violence through acomprehensive re-conciliatory approach.