ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Office has said that India is promoting state-sponsored terrorism in Afghanistan to sabotage Pak-Afghan bilateral relations.
“Pakistan and Afghanistan need to closely coordinate with each for overcoming the scourge of terrorism,” the Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria remarked during the weekly media in Islamabad on Thursday.
The spokesperson said that Afghanistan has been in turmoil for over forty years, and this situation has given space to terrorists.
“Afghani people have suffered a lot due to terrorism so have we,” he added.
Nafees Zakaria said that the instable Afghanistan has affected Pakistan more than any other country, adding that Pakistan believes in Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process. He said that Kabul peace process was a positive step in this regard.
Replying to a question regarding the 17th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 2- days summit commenced on Thursday in Astana in which Pakistan will become its full member, the spokesperson said that all the member countries have to play an important role in this summit for regional peace and peaceful solutions to regional issues. He said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in Astana for this historic occasion.
Replying to another question regarding the relations between Qatar and other Gulf countries, the spokesperson said that Pakistan believes in the unity among the Muslim countries. He said that Pakistan has already made serious efforts in this regard.
However, he added that “We are very much concerned about the current situation in the middle east.”
Zakaria further said that the Indian occupied forces are continuously engaged in cross-border violation on the Line-of-Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary.
