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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar and Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi held an informal meeting in Beijing on Wednesday.
The meeting was chaired by Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee.
The foreign ministers of the three countries positively assessed the achieved results of the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral dialogue and held an in-depth discussion on issues of further using the potential of the trilateral mechanism and promoting mutually beneficial cooperation.
As Wang Yi noted, summing up the meeting, the foreign ministers agreed that the three countries should strengthen political mutual trust and firmly adhere to the principles of good-neighborliness and friendship.
China supports Afghanistan and Pakistan in pursuing development paths that suit their national conditions and safeguarding their sovereignty, security and national dignity, he said.
Wang Yi said that the ministers agreed to hold the 6th trilateral dialogue of the foreign ministers of China, Afghanistan and Pakistan in Kabul in the near future.
As the Chinese diplomat emphasized, Afghanistan and Pakistan expressed their desire to raise the level of their bilateral diplomatic relations and agreed in principle to mutually appoint ambassadors as soon as possible.
Wang Yi said China welcomes this progress and is willing to make further contributions to improving Afghan-Pakistani relations.
Discussing the deepening of the joint construction of the Belt and Road, the ministers agreed to promote the expansion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan and strengthen the development of regional infrastructure connectivity.
Wang Yi also said that China and Pakistan have voiced their support for Afghanistan’s reconstruction and development, as well as their intention to expand trade with Afghanistan to help strengthen the country’s capacity for independent development.
According to the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the three countries agreed to counter terrorism in all its forms, cooperate in law enforcement and security, jointly combat terrorist forces that are of concern to each side, remain vigilant against external interference in the internal affairs of states in the region and prevent such interference.
The ministers also called for efforts to safeguard peace and stability in the region to create a positive external environment conducive to the development and rise of the three countries. –0–