ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has left for China to participate in the third meeting of Foreign Ministers of Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan.
Besides attending the Neighbouring Countries’ Ministerial meeting, the Foreign Minister will interact with counterparts from participating countries during his three-day visit.
The Foreign Minister will hold meetings with State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, his Russian and Iranian counterparts.
It may be recalled that Pakistan had initiated the Neighbouring Countries format in September last year with a view to evolving a regional approach on the situation in Afghanistan.
Pakistan hosted the first meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Neighbouring Countries on 8 September 2021.
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The meetings among foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighbors come at a time when international attention has largely moved to the Ukraine crisis from the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. The meetings in China will call on the world to continue to assist Afghanistan and pool resources for the war-torn country, Zhu Yongbiao, director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies in Lanzhou University, told the Global Times.
