25 March 2017

News Story: Pakistan to attend Moscow meet on Afghanistan - FM

ISLAMABAD, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan will participate in the next month's international conference on Afghanistan in Moscow, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Russia will hold the conference on April 14 that will be the third of its kind in five months.

Russian Foreign Minister said this month that 12 countries, including the U.S. and four Central Asian states, will be invited to the upcoming meeting to discuss peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan.

Speaking at a weekly briefing, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria said that no decision has been taken as to who will represent the country.

To a question, Zakaria said he has no information as whether or not the Afghan Taliban have been invited to the conference.

Earlier some Pakistani media reported that the Taliban have hinted at giving positive response if their political negotiators were formally invited to the conference.

Read the full story at Xinhua