ISLAMABAD, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan said the quartet on peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan is still intact and that political negotiation is the best option to solve the years of conflict.
The comments came on Thursday amid speculations about the fate of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States.
"A politically negotiated settlement among all stakeholders, including Taliban, is the best and sustainable solution for peace in Afghanistan, for which the QCG has a very important role to play. The QCG mechanism is very much in place," the Pakistan Foreign Ministry said.
The QCG met last month in Islamabad and agreed to push for the political negotiation to find out solution to the problem.
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