Islamabad: US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman on Thursday opened talks with Pakistan to reduce tension between the two countries.
“Stable Afghanistan is vital for a stable region and security is extremely important for both Pakistan and Afghanistan,” Marc Grossman said while addressing a joint press conference alongside Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar in Islamabad.
“I held key meetings with Pakistani leadership, the meetings were positive. We identified ways to move forward and talked a lot about future of dialogues,” he added.
Official sources said that both sides will ‘explore ways’ to reduce tension and to revive the peace efforts in Afghanistan. They would also discuss options how to revive the trilateral process involving Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US for peace efforts in Afghanistan, suspended since last month’s assassination of Afghan peace envoy Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Afghanistan has also stopped joint peace and reconciliation efforts with Pakistan after Rabbani’s killing, blamed by Afghan officials on Afghan Taliban in Pakistan.
Grossman also held meetings with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and discussed Pak-US ties with special reference to Afghanistan and the current regional and international issues.
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