{"id":71867,"date":"2024-03-16T13:27:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T13:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/fm-dar-muttaqi-agree-to-foster-fraternal-ties-between-pakistan-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2024-03-16T13:27:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T13:27:05","slug":"fm-dar-muttaqi-agree-to-foster-fraternal-ties-between-pakistan-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/fm-dar-muttaqi-agree-to-foster-fraternal-ties-between-pakistan-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"FM Dar, Muttaqi agree to foster fraternal ties between Pakistan, Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Afghanistan\u2019s Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday agreed to continue working together in building on fraternal bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

\u201cExpanding cooperation in connectivity, trade, security, counter-terrorism and people-to-people contacts is a top priority for Pakistan,\u201d the foreign minister posted on X, after he received a congratulatory call from the Afghan minister.<\/p>\n

A statement posted on X by the deputy spokesperson at the Afghan foreign ministry, Hafiz Zia Ahmad, said FM Muttaqi hoped that Dar\u2019s assumption of office would have a \u201cpositive and constructive role in strengthening the relations\u201d between the two neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe region is increasing its positive interactions day by day and the practical work of major infrastructure projects is starting at the regional level and we are expecting to take a constructive part in Pakistan,\u201d the statement quoted the Afghan foreign minister as saying. He also invited Dar to visit Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The statement said that both sides emphasised bringing facilities for passengers, patients and commercial traffic on the Durand Line and eliminating existing problems.<\/p>\n

The past week, Kandahar Governor Mullah Muhammad Shirin Akhund received<\/a> Pakistan\u2019s Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires (Cd\u2019A) and head of mission in Kabul, Ubaid ur Rehman Nizamani, in Kandahar, the spiritual centre of the Afghan Taliban on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Pakistani envoy travelled to Kandahar to meet with Mullah Shirin, a close confidant of the Taliban supreme leader, amid a tense relationship between the two uneasy neighbours.<\/p>\n

The senior Afghan Taliban leader had expressed the hope that Pakistan\u2019s new government would have cordial relations with Kabul.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe discussed matters of common interest and agreed to advance Pakistan-Afghanistan relations in all mutually beneficial areas,\u201d Ambassador Nizamani had told Dawn.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Last week, Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador to the UN, Munir Akram, had asked the United Nations Security Council to urge the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan to terminate their relationship<\/a> with the banned militant Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan group.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Ambassador Akram had said that the international community must help millions of destitute Afghans \u201cthrough the provision of unconditional humanitarian assistance\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Afghanistan\u2019s Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday agreed to continue working together in building on fraternal bilateral relations. \u201cExpanding cooperation in connectivity, trade, security, counter-terrorism and people-to-people contacts is a top priority for Pakistan,\u201d the foreign minister posted on X, after he received a congratulatory call from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/03\/161822121324c18.jpg?r=182219","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t