Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi leaves for China, important meeting will be held on this issue

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi left for China on Tuesday to attend a meeting in Afghanistan. According to the Foreign Office (FO), the third meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighboring countries is being held from March 29 to 31. The Foreign Office said that apart from attending ministerial meetings of neighboring countries, the foreign ministers will hold talks with their counterparts from the participating countries. Pakistan introduced the Neighboring Countries draft in September 2021 intending to develop a regional perspective on the situation in Afghanistan.

Mahmood Qureshi leaves for China for a meeting on the Afghanistan issue

Pakistan hosted the first meeting of foreign ministers of neighboring countries on September 8, 2021. The Foreign Office said that Pakistan fully supports a regional approach to Afghanistan to promote lasting peace and stability in the region. The FO said that Pakistan will continue to support the efforts of the international community to advance the shared objectives of a peaceful, stable, sovereign, prosperous, and connected Afghanistan. Qureshi has been invited by China's State Counselor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

The situation in Afghanistan is still bad

Pakistan launched a format on neighboring countries in September 2021 intending to develop a regional perspective on the situation in Afghanistan, when the radical Taliban seized power in Kabul in August last year. The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has not yet been recognized by the international community amid serious economic and humanitarian problems. Although humanitarian aid has been given to Afghanistan from many countries.

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