Speaking at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Muttaqi stressed that the government in Kabul had fulfilled its responsibility vis-à-vis the TTP and Islamic State by initiating a dialogue between Islamabad and the TTP
“We have initiated talks between the government of Pakistan and the TTP and request both the sides to hold dialogue.”
He added that in the tripartite talks over the last weekend, it was decided that no country would allow the use of its land against anyone.
He revealed that trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan had increased from $1.1 to 1.4 billion and expressed the hope that the Pak-Afghan trade would exceed $3 billion in the next few years.
Muttaqi is currently on a four-day visit to Pakistan. Besides holding bilateral meetings, he has also participated in the 5th China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue on Saturday.
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