(TOLO News): Speaking at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Tuesday, Abdullah said Pakistan played a key role in the start of Afghanistan\u2019s peace negotiations and now it has a more important role in helping to end the process successfully and to stand with the people of Afghanistan.\u00a0 He reiterated that the time has come to go beyond slogans and old statements and theories and turn a new page.\u00a0 Abdullah said Afghanistan-Pakistan relations are based on mutual respect. He said the current opportunity for peace talks is an important opportunity for the country. \u00a0\u201cConsidering the current geopolitical context of the region, many new windows of opportunities have opened up. Therefore, more than ever, both countries need to pursue an enhanced level of interaction for a more peaceful and prosperous coexistence,\u201d Abdullah said.\u00a0 Abdullah reiterated that Afghanistan has changed and that its young, diverse, connected, nation is eager to freely decide its future form of government, corresponding to its unity and diversity.\u201d \u00a0He also said that Afghans do not want a terrorist footprint in Afghanistan or to allow any entity to pose a threat to any other nation \u00a0Abdullah\u2019s trip to Pakistan comes amid ongoing efforts in Doha to start direct peace negotiations. Both sides of the negotiations have continued to discuss procedural rules of the negotiations in their contact group meetings. \u00a0\u201cThe current talks offer the best hope. To put the war behind us using patience, dialogue and compromise is to agree to unite the country,\u201d he said. \u00a0Abdullah said, \u201cWe cannot achieve our aspirations without support from our people and the region, and the further strengthening of our bilateral relations will help us to achieve peace.\u201d\u00a0 At the same event, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that a negotiated political settlement is the only way to end the conflict in Afghanistan.\u00a0 Qureshi also said that Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Imran Khan will soon visit Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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