President Ghani, Khalilzad Agreed on New Plan for Peace Talks
President M. Ashraf Ghani on Sunday night met with US State department’s special representatives on the Afghan peace process Zalmay Khalilzad and agreed on a new plan for the peace process, Arg said in a statement.
President M. Ashraf Ghani on Sunday night met with US State department’s special representatives on the Afghan peace process Zalmay Khalilzad and agreed on a new plan for the peace process, Arg said in a statement.
The members of peace advisory board, a number of negotiating team members, some politicians and representatives of political parties, Ulema, members of civil society, youths, women, representatives of private sectors, MPs and a number of high-level government officials had participated the meeting.
“We have agreed on a new and clear plan with Mr Khalilzad, in which the information will be shared in the context of it. Continues consultations will be conducted about particular agenda and measures will be carried out in the light of it,” said president Ghani. Adding that “attention will be paid on national, regional, international and Islamic countries and further discussions needed to arrange a framework, existing consensus will be consolidated and in some cases, consensus should be reached”.
According to the statement, president Ghani said that “we want Pakistan to clarify its relations with the Taliban and Taliban to clarify their relations with Pakistan. The Taliban’s connection with terrorist networks and their links with crime and forbidden economies should be made clear as well”.
US special representative on the Afghan peace process Zalmay Khalilzad said that “With the new plan that emerges in a clear framework, we will move forward with the peace process”.
“The purpose of the United States, in addition to cooperating with Afghanistan in various fields, is to increase efforts through diplomatic channels to establish lasting peace in Afghanistan in order to preserve the interests of both countries and try to reduce the cost of war,” Khalilzad added.
Mr Khalilzad also welcomed president Ghani’s initiative to hold consultative Loya Jirga about the peace process.
