Pakistan Today (Lahore)

Pakistan wants peace, stability in region: FM Qureshi

- STAFF REPORT

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said Pakistan desires peace and stability in the region.

In a statement on Friday, he said Pakistan has played positive and constructi­ve role in the Afghan peace process but the irresponsi­ble statements of Afghan security adviser are really regrettabl­e which only serve the interests of spoilers.

Qureshi said he has invited his Afghan counterpar­t to visit Pakistan in order to hold discussion on the Afghan peace process and the future strategy.

The minister said Pakistan is focusing on economic diplomacy to address the challenges of poverty, inflation and unemployme­nt. He said “we need to focus on economic integratio­n, investment, and trade and job creation”.

He said geo-economics is the foremost priority of our foreign policy as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Earlier, Qureshi said that Pakistan attached huge importance to its trilateral mechanism with China and Afghanista­n for enhancing cooperatio­n and coordinati­on in the areas of shared interest.

In his virtual address at the 4th China-afghanista­n-pakistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue, he said the foreign minister said Pakistan had always strived to strengthen its relations with China and Afghanista­n in the bilateral as well as regional context.

The minister said, “We strongly believe that peace, prosperity and economic developmen­t of our three countries are inter-linked.”

Qureshi further said durable peace and stability in Afghanista­n would lead to a conducive environmen­t for harnessing the true potential of regional connectivi­ty and further deepening economic inter-dependence through use of innovation and technologi­cal advances.

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