Pakistan’s role for inclusive arrangement in Afghanistan being recognised world over: Qureshi

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday said Pakistan’s role in the push to create an “inclusive” political arrangement in Afghanistan following US withdrawal was being “recognised world over”. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the minister said that Pakistan, with the help of some regional players, was facilitating an arrangement in Afghanistan that would have “broad-based representation and wider acceptability”. “Every foreign minister who is engaged with me, their views are in sync with us,” Qureshi added.

He said the countries in talks with Pakistan felt the latter was playing a “very vital and critical role” in the current challenging environment in Afghanistan. “A very few embassies… to be precise, only five are operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s is one of them,” he said.

He said other countries in the region wanted

Pakistan to assist in the ongoing evacuation process of people stuck in Afghanistan. “They (regional players) want Pakistan to promote an inclusive arrangement, which Pakistan also believes in,” he said. Qureshi said Pakistan sees Afghanistan as a country with a number of ethnic groups — all of whom are important and need representation in the country’s political setup. He mentioned his plans of visiting a quartet of regional players, saying “I will be leaving for four countries [namely] Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran” to discuss the Afghan situation. ................................ Source: dawn.com