Brussels, Dec 8 (Asia Free Press): Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium and discussed peace-related issues and challenges in South Asia, according to media reports.
Qureshi said that Pakistan follows the policy of peace with all of its neighbours for peace and stability in the region, reported APP.
“Pakistan was eager to resolve all outstanding issues, including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,” FM added.
The meeting discussed bilateral cooperation, mutual interest, the ongoing situation in war-torn Afghanistan, as well as other emerging issues and challenges in the region.
Referring to his June 2019 meeting with the NATO Secretary General, the Foreign Minister said that high-level political and military attachments have played a major role in enhancing bilateral cooperation in matters of mutual interest.
Qureshi, while repeating Pakistan’s strong commitment to peace and stability in border-sharing Afghanistan, expressed concern over the fast emerging humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country.
“There was a need for the international community to make serious efforts to provide humanitarian and economic assistance to the people of Afghanistan,” he added.
The Foreign Minister further said that the cooperation of the international community with the Taliban was essential to check the possibility of people’s migration from Afghanistan and save the country from becoming a safe haven for terrorists and a hub of narcotics.
“Pakistan will host an extraordinary meeting of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers on December 19, 2021 to attract the attention of the international community to the emerging humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan,” he assured the NATO chief.
Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, appreciated Pakistan’s support for NATO during its two-decade-long presence in Afghanistan.
At the invitation of Belgium’s Foreign Minister, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is on a three-day official visit to Belgium.
