Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan committed to strengthening economic ties in a trilateral meeting hosted by the Afghan interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul, as reported by The News on Sunday.
Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, stated that the trilateral conference held on Saturday focused on the region’s economic and security prospects.
Participants of the meeting also pledged to enhance cooperation across various other areas, Sadiq added.
The gathering marked the commencement of a new round of negotiations under the trilateral dialogue framework between China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, which was established in 2017 with the objectives of promoting economic integration, counterterrorism coordination, and political trust.
Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muttaqi, hosted the talks, while Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Yue Xiaoyong, represented China at the meeting.
“The first meeting of the Pakistan-China-Afghanistan trilateral in Kabul today… provided the occasion for convergence of views on economic and security cooperation as well as regional stability,” Special Envoy Sadiq posted on social media platform X.
According to a report published by Afghanistan’s Ariana News, all three parties reviewed progress on commitments made during the previous dialogue and agreed to convene the sixth round of foreign ministers’ meeting in Kabul at a future date.
