Sartaj Aziz: Peace Has Important Role In Reducing Violence
KABUL: (MEP) Sartaj Aziz, Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on the opening of the third round of quadrilateral peace talks, stated that peace has an important role in reducing violence in Afghanistan.
The third round of peace talks started Saturday morning in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan with four representatives of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and United States.
Aziz, after opening the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) meeting, expressed hope that in the third round to determine and design a roadmap for peace.
He stressed that Pakistan’s concerns about the increasing violence in Afghanistan understands and knows that the continuation of this process, is the basic challenge.
Sartaj Aziz also stressed that reducing violence should be an important objective, and expressed confidence that the peace process has an important role in reducing violence.
“The people of Afghanistan have been suffering from an unending cycle of violence for decades. They need lasting peace and stability,” Aziz said.
