Pakistan delegation arrives in Kabul to discuss peace plan

Monitoring Desk

KABUL: Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua, led high-level Pakistan delegation has arrived in Kabul to hold talks on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) on Monday.

Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua heading the delegation and comprises senior civil and military officials.

Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal confirmed the news on Twitter and also informed that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is expected to visit Kabul on April 6.

On March 17-18, Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Janjua met Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah in separate meetings during his trip to Kabul.

During the trip, Ghani invited Pakistan’s prime minister to “initiate state to state comprehensive dialogue”.

In February, an Afghan delegation led by Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai had come to Islamabad to hold the second meeting for APAPPS.

The second meeting of the Pakistan and Afghanistan joint working group focused on ensuring comprehensive engagement for countering terrorism, refugee repatriation, intelligence sharing, economic development through trade and transit interaction, reduction of violence through a comprehensive re-conciliatory approach.