When asked by a foreign journalist on Thursday whether China could confirm that Afghanistan and Pakistan were holding conversations in China aiming at a ceasefire, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular press conference on Thursday that “I have no information to share at the moment.”
“Afghanistan and Pakistan are both China’s neighbors. China has all along supported the two countries in resolving differences and disputes properly through dialogue and negotiation, and has been working actively to mediate the conflict between the two sides. We will continue to play a constructive role in deescalating the situation and improving relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan,” Mao said.
During his stay in Afghanistan, Yue held separate meetings with Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Minister of Industry and Commerce Haji Nooruddin Azizi. In Pakistan, he met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch, and Pakistani Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq, among other dignitaries. He urged both parties to exercise calm and restraint, cease fire and hostilities at the earliest opportunity, and resolve their differences and disputes through dialogue, the readout showed.
