All relevant parties should make joint efforts to create positive conditions for the reconciliation in Afghanistan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
“The Quadrilateral Coordination Group of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States is aiming at creating positive conditions for the reconciliation of Afghanistan, and all relevant parties should make joint efforts to achieve this goal,” spokesman Hong Lei said.
Hong said international community should recognize Pakistan’s efforts in combating terrorism and supporting the reconciliation process of Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected.
The U.S. drone attack that killed the Afghan Taliban’s leader last month in Pakistan damaged “mutual trust” between Islamabad and Washington, intensified hostilities in Afghanistan and seriously set back peace efforts for that war-ravaged country, a Pakistani authority Sartaj Aziz said on Thursday in Islmabad.
