Prime Minister Special Assistant (SAPM) for Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan, categorically refuted on Friday the reports of a meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and the visiting delegation of the Afghan Taliban.
A delegation from the Taliban Political Commission (TPC) based in Doha is in Islamabad at the invitation of the Pakistani government for a discussion on the prospects for the resumption of stalled peace talks between the United States and the Taliban.
On Thursday, the visiting delegation of the TPC, headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, called the Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and other senior officials, including the Chief of Intelligence between Services.
SAPM Firdous Ashiq Awan said today: "The dialogue yesterday with the TPC delegation at the Foreign Office (FO) is a good omen for the [Afghan] reconciliation process. "
"The meeting is proof that Pakistan has always played a crucial role in creating a positive environment for regional and international peace," he said in a tweet.
Awan said Thursday's meeting between the Foreign Minister and the Taliban delegation was held to promote peace in the region and expressed hope that the meeting will produce positive results in the near future.
He also categorically stated that "the Taliban delegation did not call the prime minister. All the news published and issued in this regard are unfounded."
After the meeting between the Taliban delegation and the Foreign Minister, there were rumors that the delegation also met with Prime Minister Khan, but a press officer in the prime minister's office denied that such a meeting would take place. Thursday.
Pakistan has been pushing for a renewed commitment between the US. UU. And the Taliban, who went out of the way after the September 7 tweet of President Donald Trump in which he announced the end of talks with the insurgent group and the cancellation of a planned meeting with the Taliban leaders. and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at Camp David for the death of an American soldier in an attack in Kabul.
The United States and the Taliban were at the closest time to sign an agreement to end the conflict that is now in its second decade.
Prime Minister Imran, in his meetings with President Trump and Ambassador Khalilzad on the sidelines of the session of the United Nations General Assembly, had tried to persuade them to return to the talks so that progress towards peace was not lost .
Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1508950/awan-dismisses-reports-of-meeting-between-pm-imran-taliban