F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman informed that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will visit Afghanistan for a one-day visit on April 6 to discuss bilateral issues with the Afghan leadership.
PM Abbasi would be visiting Kabul on an invitation of the Afghan President Dr Ashraf Ghani. Premier will also meet the senior Afghan leadership during his visit to the neighboring country.
The foreign office also informed that the prime minister will be in China on April 8 on a three-day official visit.
Earlier, on February 28, the Afghan president had said that Kabul was ready for talks with Pakistan, adding that the country wants to forget the past and start a new chapter. Calling on Pakistan to hold government-to-government talks, Ghani had said the best place to hold peace talks was Kabul.
The aim of Abbasi’s meeting is to find a settlement to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan.
