ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not participate in the regional stakeholders’ conference on Afghanistan – scheduled to be held in Moscow this week – a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said on Thursday.
In the weekly press briefing, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told reporters that Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan are in harmony on many important issues and currently we do not want to reveal any specific agenda under discussion between the three.
Last week, Russia’s Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan, Director of the Second Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zamir Kabulov, told TASS that a meeting on Afghanistan will be held in Moscow.
“Yes, it is true,” he had said in response to a question on the matter.
“There will be regional participants, the secretaries of the Security Councils of countries in the region have been invited – our Central Asian partners as well as Pakistan, India and China,” the diplomat explained.
Further briefing the press, Baloch said that “Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Obaidur Rehman Nizamani, is still in Pakistan. We are looking at the situation from every angle and the Foreign Office is yet to send back Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan.” It has not been decided.”
He added that intelligence and security talks with Afghanistan are already underway.
Answering the question regarding Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir’s visit to America, he said that we do not know about Army Chief’s visit to America, ISPR can better inform about this matter.
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
The spokesman, during his press briefing, expressed his condolences to those who lost their lives as a result of the earthquake that hit Turkey, Syria and Lebanon on Monday evening.
Baloch said, “Pakistan has expressed its deepest condolences and sympathies to the victims of the earthquake that hit parts of Turkey, Syria and Lebanon on February 6, which resulted in the loss of precious lives and extensive damage to property. Arrived,” Baloch said.
We have expressed our heartfelt condolence over the loss of life and offered all possible support in the relief efforts, Baloch said, adding: “Our support is being provided in the form of relief aid and rescue and relief teams.”
He also said that there is no report of any Pakistani injured in the earthquake.
The spokesperson also told the media that “our missions in Turkey and Syria are in constant contact with the relevant authorities and our community to identify any need for earthquake-affected areas and provide assistance to earthquake-affected Pakistanis.” can go.” “
He said that around 23 Pakistanis have been expelled from Gaziantep University and kept in Adana. Sixteen of them will be deported from Pakistan while the rest will be sent to Istanbul.
“It remains to be seen whether Pakistan will participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),” the spokesperson added.
