Amritsar: Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan’s advisor on foreign affairs to the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, called on Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during which they discussed ways to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. The bilateral meeting came amid Afghanistan expressing its concern over Islamabad’s seeming support for the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan that is threatening the Ashraf Gani government. Afghanistan had called terror emanating from Pakistan as the “greatest threat” to regional peace. The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process was launched in 2011 and the participating countries include Pakistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates. The platform was floated to encourage security, political and economic cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbours.

Source: Mint December 04, 2016 06:39 UTC