Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and the British foreign secretary onSunday, have urged the advancing Taliban that violence in Afghanistan mustend and human rights must be protected.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi received a call from Britain’sDominic Raab to discuss the rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan.
Both the diplomats shared their respective views on the situation in thewar-torn country amid the lightning Taliban advances, said a ForeignMinistry statement.
Reiterating Pakistan’s “steadfast” support for a peaceful settlement, FMQureshi said the latest situation in Afghanistan required the internationalcommunity’s consistent engagement with the Afghan leaders to ensure apeaceful and stable Afghanistan.
He hoped the Afghan leaders would take advantage of internationalconvergence in support of the peace and reconciliation process.
FM Qureshi, according to the statement, also apprised Raab of Pakistan’sefforts to fully facilitate the evacuation of personnel and staff ofdiplomatic missions, international organizations, journalists, and others,as requested.
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Drawing the attention of Raab to the UK’s decision to retain Pakistan onits Red List of coronavirus-hit countries, he expressed the hope that theUK would revisit its decision in the light of the data shared with therelevant UK authorities.
Later, Raab tweeted he has shared his “deep concerns” about the future forAfghanistan with FM Qureshi.
“(We) agreed it is critical that the international community is united intelling the Taliban that the violence must end and human rights must beprotected,” he said.
