Peaceful Afghanistan vital for Pakistan's stability: Zardari

Senate of Pakistan

Peaceful Afghanistan vital for Pakistan's stability: Zardari

February 5, 2013

President Asif Ali Zardari has said peaceful Afghanistan is extremely imperative for stability and prosperity in Pakistan.

He was addressing a joint news conference along with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Afghan President Hamid Karzai in London on Monday, after the trilateral talks on the post withdrawal scenario in Afghanistan.

The president said that both neighboring countries could only survive in a peaceful atmosphere. He said that Pakistan fully supports the initiative of negotiation between Afghan government and Taliban.

President Zardari reiterated his resolve that Pakistan would extend full support to peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan.

On the occasion David Cameron issued a direct appeal to the Taliban to enter peaceful talks on the future of Afghanistan.

He said that the Afghan and Pakistan’s Presidents had agreed an unprecedented level of co-operation and to sign up to a strategic partnership between their two countries in the autumn.

By: The Nation